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Body camera footage shows two school resource officers with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office restraining and handcuffing an 11-year-old student at Sagewood Middle School for scratching another student with a pencil on Aug. 29, 2019.
Footage courtesy of ACLU of Colorado
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Body camera footage shows two school resource officers with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office restraining and handcuffing an 11-year-old student at Sagewood Middle School for scratching another student with a pencil on Aug. 29, 2019.
Footage courtesy of ACLU of Colorado
ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Douglas County School District, Sheriff Tony Spurlock and several school resource officers for handcuffing an 11-year-old boy with autism for scratching
County sheriff sued over COVID-19 outbreak at Colorado jail
December 14, 2020 GMT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado has sued a county sheriff, claiming jail inmates went months without access to masks as confirmed COVID-19 cases increased in the facility.
The group filed the 36-page complaint in U.S. District Court on Sunday against El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder alleging widespread failures at the jail and “deliberate indifference” to the dangers of the virus resulting in more than 1,000 inmates contracting COVID-19 in late October, The Gazette reported.
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More than 1,000 inmates and 165 workers have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the jail website. The sheriff reports that eight workers and 14 inmates remain positive.
Aurora settles $285,000 police brutality lawsuit without admitting liability
ACLU: Racially biased policing embedded in department
The City of Aurora has agreed to pay $285,000 to settle a police brutality lawsuit, filed by a Latino resident.
and last updated 2020-12-12 12:17:41-05
AURORA, Colo. The City of Aurora has agreed to pay $285,000 to settle a police brutality lawsuit filed by 32-year old Jamie Torres.
The ACLU says Torres was illegally ordered out of his home and unjustifiably beaten by officers who were called to investigate a noise complaint back in 2016.
Body cam video shows Torres was in his garage with two other men, the door was open, and music was playing, when officers arrived.