Tag: Taser
No indictment for mishandling of Taser in Denver excessive force case
A grand jury has chosen not to issue indictments against four Denver sheriff's deputies and a sergeant in connection with the handling of the...
Denver DA launches grand jury probe into handling of Taser in...
Denver prosecutors are launching a grand jury investigation into the handling of the weapon that city sheriff’s deputies used in 2010 to kill a...
WATCH: Family Speaks on Anniversary of Marvin Booker’s Death
Monday, July 10, marked seven years and one day since Marvin Booker died at the hands of five Denver sheriff’s deputies. But on that...
Family speaks on seventh anniversary of Marvin Booker’s death
Monday, July 10, marked seven years and one day since Marvin Booker died at the hands of five Denver sheriff's deputies. But on that...
EVENT: What about the Taser? A conversation about the Marvin Booker...
Marvin Booker died seven years ago this month at the hands of officers at the Denver jail. But serious questions linger about the authenticity...
GREENE: Slain preacher’s family alleges that Denver officers rigged Taser evidence
The family of the homeless street preacher killed in Denver's jail in 2010 wants the new district attorney to investigate whether the officers responsible...
Wiretap: Video: Sandra Bland’s arresting cop: “I will light you up”
Shedding light
The Sandra Bland dash-cam arrest video has been released, and it shows Bland being threatened with a Taser and the arresting cop saying,...
The Bookers are back. Family pushes for reform in the city...
Every July 9, a group gathers outside the Denver jail to remember a moment in city history the Hancock administration would rather forget.
That was...
How did these cops calm a mentally ill man? Stun guns
Shane French is widely known around the small southwestern Colorado town of Cortez as a nuisance and a menace. He is mentally ill. He...
Again: A Denver sheriff’s deputy, a homeless man and a Taser
A Denver sheriff's deputy attempted to use a Taser on an apparent vagrant the same morning a jury slapped the city with an historic penalty in the death of a homeless man Tasered by deputies at the city jail.