Author: Julia Cardi
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Accused shooter in Boulder massacre remains incompetent; next hearing set for July
The man accused of killing 10 people last year in Boulder’s south-side King Soopers remains incompetent to stand trial. Prosecutors and defense attorneys for Ahmad Alissa appeared briefly on Friday. Boulder County District Court Judge Ingrid Bakke set the next court date for July 21 to review his competence, and in the meantime ordered the…
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Alex Ewing receives life sentence for 1984 hammer killing
Alex Ewing received a life sentence Tuesday from a Jefferson County judge for sexually assaulting and killing 50-year-old Patricia Smith in 1984 with a hammer in her Lakewood home. His sentence came eight months after an Arapahoe County jury convicted Ewing of killing a family of three a few days before Smith’s murder. On Thursday,…
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‘There should not be partisan politics in public safety’: Former Aurora police chief speaks out after firing
After the firing of Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson last week prompted an uproar among her supporters, a group gathered Monday on the steps of City Hall to decry the decision as a politically motivated vendetta against a woman who they say focused on building trust in the community and was willing to make decisions…
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Denver to appeal $14M verdict in protest trial
Denver will appeal the $14 million jury verdict awarded to a group of protesters over how police handled the city’s racial justice protests in 2020, Mayor Michael Hancock said Thursday. A dozen protesters took their case to court against Denver in March, claiming that misuse of less-lethal weapons by police during the 2020 demonstrations violated…
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Denver to appeal $14M verdict in protest trial
Denver will appeal the $14 million jury verdict awarded to a group of protesters over how police handled the city’s racial justice protests in 2020, Mayor Michael Hancock said Thursday. A dozen protesters took their case to court against Denver in March, claiming that misuse of less-lethal weapons by police during the 2020 demonstrations violated…
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Aurora police chief Vanessa Wilson fired
Aurora Police chief Vanessa Wilson speaks to members of the media near the scene of a shooting at Nome Park on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, in Aurora, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/The Gazette) Timothy Hurst Aurora’s police chief, Vanessa Wilson, has been ousted after around two years on the job, the city announced Wednesday morning. City Manager…
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Jury finds Denver police violated rights of protesters during 2020 George Floyd demonstrations; awards $14M
It took jurors around four hours to find that Denver police violated the constitutional rights of demonstrators by using excessive force during George Floyd protests in 2020. The jury awarded the protesters $14 million in damages. The case went to the jury Friday morning when attorneys wrapped up their closing statements after three weeks of…
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Jury finds Denver police violated rights of protesters during 2020 George Floyd demonstrations; awards $14M
It took jurors around four hours to find that Denver police violated the constitutional rights of demonstrators by using excessive force during George Floyd protests in 2020. The jury awarded the protesters $14 million in damages. The case went to the jury Friday morning when attorneys wrapped up their closing statements after three weeks of…
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Testimony from Denver police’s patrol chief closes out city’s defense in trial over 2020 protests
Taking the stand Thursday as the final witness in the ongoing trial against the city, Denver police’s chief of patrol said he believes the department made mistakes in some aspects of its response to the 2020 George Floyd protests. But he painted a picture of a police department caught off guard by the intensity of…
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Former Denver police academy trainer disputes claims about leadership during 2020 protests
A former Denver police lieutenant backpedaled Wednesday on statements he made to the city’s police watchdog agency about alleged failures of leadership during the 2020 George Floyd protests, criticizing how the Office of the Independent Monitor characterized his opinions in a memo prepared for an investigation into the protests. Former training academy Lt. John Coppedge…