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Aurora, Colorado, police who killed Elijah McClain indicted for homicide – Liberation News
On the morning of September 1, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced that a grand jury has indicted the Aurora Police officers and Aurora EMTs involved in the killing of Elijah McClain. The indictments come two years after McClain’s killing, as a result of a...
Grand Jury Indicts Colorado Officers & Former Paramedics Involved In The Death Of Elijah McClain – The Shade Room
The battle isn’t over. It’s nearly just begun. Nearly two years following the death of an unarmed Black man, Elijah McClain, who was killed after being placed in a chokehold by Aurora police and injected with a sedative during an August 2019 arrest, a grand jury has...
Bennet still not sure if Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal was effective | Colorado Peak Politics
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet finally emerged to answer some questions on Afghanistan, but it is apparent he and other vulnerable Democrats haven’t come up with a reasonable way to explain the White House’s disastrous handling of America’s exit from the country. Bennet...
Colorado High School Students Stage Walkout To Protest Mask Mandate
This piece has been updated to mention reporting from The Denver Post.Students and parents all over Douglas County, Colorado took to the streets Wednesday morning to protest a countywide school mask mandate.The organized walkout reportedly occurred around 9:30 a.m.,...
Colorado Springs ‘cat lady’ has spent 40 years rescuing cats in need
People call her the cat lady.But not in a “crazy cat lady” way. More like in a superhero way. Because people call her a hero, too.Consider how the 76-year-old woman introduced herself in a speech a couple years ago. Wearing glasses and a gray turtleneck only slightly...
Colorado nonprofit targeted with redistricting lobbying complaint helped draft others’ map proposals
Days after a formal complaint accused a secretly funded nonprofit organization of violating redistricting lobbying disclosure laws, a video recording obtained by The Gazette reveals the same group helped craft maps proposed by the prominent Colorado Farm Bureau,...
EDITORIAL: The Colorado taxpayer giveth; the Legislature taketh away
Supporters of a ballot proposal to cut Colorado’s property taxes got some bittersweet news late last week. The sweet part? They learned their petition drive for the tentatively titled Initiative 27 had garnered enough valid signatures to qualify for the November...
Colorado Springs teen featured in new PBS documentary about fathers lost during 9/11
On most every anniversary of 9/11, Luke Taylor remembers classmates or friends asking what he knew about the tragedy.Taylor remembers not having many answers, like they all expected someone like him to have. So, Taylor would go home and ask his family about that day...
Which ghost towns are near what Colorado towns?
Visiting one of Colorado’s spooky ghost towns is a bucket list item for many. While few actually expect to see ghosts, nearly everyone who goes can appreciate the sightseeing opportunity of exploring abandoned former towns. Ghost towns are an interesting, cerebral...