As in earlier public comment sessions, Boulder City Council heard unanimous sentiment that questioned the oversight of the Boulder Police Department and about the ongoing racial disparities in Boulder. Boulder residents described either personal or a family member’s negative experiences […]
Members of the community gathered in Aurora on Wednesday afternoon to protest a fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man last week. Naeschylus Vinzant, was shot once in the chest and killed on an Aurora street. Police say he wasn’t […]
The Denver Community Defense and members of the Denver community held a press conference last night denouncing not only public officials’ attention but especially media attention that was directed to the red paint that was spilled on a police officer […]
Right now in Denver and indeed across the nation, communities are mourning the loss of 17-year old Jessica Hernandez who was shot by Denver Police on January 26th. Still experiencing trauma, youth, people of color, the LGBT community, and many […]
The Colorado Anti-Violence Program along with Presente.org delivered signatures that were gathered nationwide to demand the Department of Justice investigate the Denver Police Department after the DPD’s most recent officer involved shooting that took place January 26, 2015. Denver […]
A wide variety of community members from across the metro area, waited until close to midnight to testify before Denver City Council about their personal experience with the Denver Police Department or of their expectations for the culture of police […]
Four thousand people came to Denver last week to participate in Creating Change, the annual conference of the National LGBTQ Task Force. The start of the conference’s opening plenary last Thursday night, entitled “Ferguson on our Minds” by two nationally […]
The families of those who have been shot by Denver police met on Saturday along with about 200 supporters to discuss action steps. Although recording equipment was not allowed, family members said that they will join together to stop police […]
