Denver activist Robert Lopez has reported over time of the multiple occasions he has been stopped by police for what he says was racial profiling. Those stops were just some incidents that drew him into activism against police misconduct even before […]
“I think maybe we’ve been silent for a while and now need to start speaking again.” (Update: Scroll down for archive recordings of the panel discussion) Rachel Amaru is a member of a new activist group in Boulder rooted in […]
Today we begin our new series Badge of Courage: Surviving Police Violence in Denver. KGNU’s mission statement includes the goal of maintaining a space for underrepresented communities to air their voices and stories. Because of the limited opportunity for victims of […]
This past week was a busy week in Denver District Court for defendants who are receiving a great deal of community support. Those who defended themselves after being affected by police violence as well as activists who support them were […]
Solidarity assemblies have taken place on Tuesday and then again last night to show solidarity with Freddie May of Baltimore who was killed in police custody on April 12, 2015. Nationwide protests have happened as well. As the nation has […]
Denver was recently reported to be the 2nd most lethal police department in the country; Boulder’s police force was found to be the 2nd worst in the state for arrest rates of African Americans. In the wake of the national […]
“I want us to have good public policy that improves the circumstances that we find ourselves in now where there is a lower act of trust than there should be with our law enforcement agencies if we’re going to have […]
“A police officer would rather risk possible lenient discipline for failing to turn on the body camera rather than the more serious discipline that might take place following an incident of police brutality,” said Denver resident Caryn Sodaro who identified […]
