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A Cottonwood Heights day care center in between the locations of two recent auto-pedestrian crashes is rallying the community together to support the families, while raising awareness along the street.

Police response to Cottonwood Heights protest was appropriate, attorney general’s office finds Demonstrators have denounced officers’ actions as violent and unnecessary, while police have accused protesters of being “rioters.” (Rick Bowmer | AP file photo) Gabe Pecoraro is led away after being taken into custody by Cottonwood Heights police officers during a march Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, in Cottonwood Heights. The protest was a "March for Justice" focused largely around Pecora...

The family of Zane James alleges the Cottonwood Heights police and city leaders shut down their demonstration and used excessive force in retaliation for their yearslong criticism of the police department.

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — Zane James family felt almost entirely alone after his death in 2018. Few others had the same experience of losing a child to a police shooting, and their push for reform in their own city, Cottonwood Heights, seemed to be going nowhere, his mother Tiffany James recalled. That shifted last year after the murder of George Floyd spurred national outcry and widespread demonstrations. With new momentum, the James family organized a march calling for justice and honoring their...