Tag: john tagert
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Pikes Peak region mourns several notable deaths in 2019
A rugged cowboy who also was known as the Marlboro Man, a revered Tuskegee Airman and fighter pilot, the co-founder of a signature tourist attraction and a longtime policeman who climbed through the ranks to become chief of police were among prominent residents of the Pikes Peak region who died in 2019. They include: Phillip…
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New Spike Lee movie focuses on Colorado Springs detective who infiltrated Ku Klux Klan
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The upcoming movie “BlacKkKlansman” tells the story of a Colorado Springs police effort in 1978 and 1979 to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan, improbably led by a black detective named Ron Stallworth. The Spike Lee-directed film focuses on the investigation, but Stallworth is haunted by…