Tag: elijah mcclain
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Federal judge allows Aurora protest leader to sue city, detective over prosecution
A federal judge last week declined to dismiss a malicious prosecution lawsuit against the city of Aurora and one of its detectives, brought by a 2020 protest leader who alleged there was no probable cause to arrest her. Eliza Lucero was involved in a protest outside an Aurora Police Department station in July 2020. She…
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Appeals court reinstates man’s lawsuit challenging $600 open records fee
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday directed a trial judge to evaluate whether the state’s health department responded reasonably by imposing a $600 fee on a man’s request for records about the administration of ketamine by paramedics. At the same time, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals took umbrage at the inflammatory language Frank…
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Colorado House bill seeks to limit police use of ‘prone restraint’ technique
A bill introduced in the Colorado House seeks to include “prone” restraint in the state’s legal definition of excessive physical force. If passed, it would require officers who employ the technique to promptly transition the individual to a “recovery position” to facilitate normal breathing. Critics of the technique say it should be abolished due to…
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Paramedic in Elijah McClain death sentenced to 5 years in prison
Peter Cichuniec’s sentence includes another year for a less serious offense
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[DG PRINT] Paramedic in Elijah McClain death sentenced to 5 years in prison
Peter Cichuniec’s sentence includes another year for a less serious offense
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Boulder’s interim chief on police reform, Elijah McClain and JonBenet Ramsey
Stephen Redfearn has been on the scene of some of Colorado’s most high-profile tragedies – Columbine, the Aurora theater shooting, the death of Elijah McClain, and the December 2021 Marshall Fire. “It seemed like if it was going to happen, I was working,” he said in an interview from his second-floor Boulder office Tuesday. As president…
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Appeals court finds no racial discrimination by El Paso County prosecutor
Colorado’s second-highest court concluded last month that an El Paso County prosecutor did not engage in racial discrimination by dismissing two jurors of color from a criminal trial, based on their concerns over aggressive policing. Under longstanding U.S. Supreme Court precedent, intentional race-based discrimination in jury selection is unconstitutional. If a prosecutor tries to remove…
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Aurora police brutality victim faces ‘long road’ to recovery, attorney says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Attorneys for Kyle Vinson said he remained hospitalized and faced “a long road” to recovery a day after the Aurora Police Department released a video of his alleged assault at the hands of officers. Aurora officers John Haubert and Francine Martinez were on leave from…
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Bill to limit use of ketamine in Colorado clears House Judiciary after contentious hearing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While Aurora’s Elijah McClain may be perhaps the most well-known person who died as a result of an overdose of ketamine in Colorado, he’s far from the only one, nor the only Coloradan who has suffered long-term ill effects from the drug, according to testimony to…
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Grand jury investigation opened into Elijah McClain’s death
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Friday his office has opened a grand jury investigation as part of its independent probe into Elijah McClain’s death. The investigation into the the Black man’s encounter with Aurora police in August 2019 that left him dead began after…