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'I felt dehumanized': Michael Francisco speaks amid suit against Carbondale, police over wrongful arrest

The civil rights law firm Killmer Lane, LLP, who are representing Michael Francisco, filed an amended race discrimination lawsuit in Colorado federal court at the end of last month.

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'I felt dehumanized': Michael Francisco speaks amid suit against Carbondale, police over wrongful arrest

Michael Francisco is a man of many titles. Rastafarian, educator, radio DJ and landscaper, just to name a few, but perhaps above all, he’s a deeply intuitive human being. He’s relied on that intuition for...

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Carbondale police wear the colors of Mountain Fair, a fashion move that worked out well

Basalt Police Chief Greg Knott remembers the skeptical look on then-Carbondale Police Chief Fred Williams’ face when, as a young officer with the Carbondale PD in the mid-1990s, Knott and another officer approached Williams with...

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Carbondale Police carry on decades-old tie-dye tradition at Mountain Fair

Basalt Police Chief Greg Knott remembers the skeptical look on then-Carbondale Police Chief Fred Williams’ face when, as a young officer with the Carbondale PD in the mid-1990s, Knott and another officer approached Williams with a crazy idea.

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Carbondale Police carry on decades-old tie-dye tradition at Mountain Fair

Basalt Police Chief Greg Knott remembers the skeptical look on then-Carbondale Police Chief Fred Williams’ face when, as a young officer with the Carbondale PD in the mid-1990s, Knott and another officer approached Williams with...

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Ascendigo Autism Services launches training curriculum for community partners

Ascendigo Austism Services has launched a training curriculum for community partners to equip them with the tools and methodology to better serve people with autism.

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Police consultant to look into Carbondale PD's handling of Francisco arrest

The town of Carbondale plans to hire a third-party police administrative consultant to look into the local police department’s handling of the controversial Michael Francisco arrest on Dec. 24, 2020.

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Charges dismissed in controversial Carbondale resisting arrest case

Charges are being dropped in the resisting arrest case against Carbondale resident Michael Francisco in a joint agreement with the town’s prosecuting attorney announced Tuesday.
A condition of the deal, though, was that Francisco and Carbondale Police Chief Kirk Wilson participate in a facilitated “sharing of perspectives” regarding the circumstances that led to his arrest on Dec. 24, 2020.
That occurred on Friday, “during which there were powerful speaking and listening opportunities that resulted in collaborative wisdom to better inform future situations,” a town press release issued Tuesday stated.
“This incident and the way it was handled by the Carbondale Police Department will be reviewed by a third-party professional in the near future,” Town Manager Jay Harrington said in the release. “After completion of that review, the town also intends to procure a separate independent review of the police department’s policies and culture.”

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John Colson: Drop the case, Carbondale — it's pointless

I should note right off that, after taking a few weeks off from my column writing duties to travel overseas and help a friend clear out his late mom’s house, I half expected that a Carbondale case involving what many view as police overreaction might somehow have been straightened out.
But, nooooo, as they say, it looks like the case is continuing against Michael Francisco, a Black local resident whom the local police apparently judged either guilty of pointing a finger while Black (at a City Market gas-station attendant back on Christmas Eve), or simply guilty of shopping while Black.

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Carbondale police chief issues statement on disputed Christmas Eve arrest, department philosophy

Carbondale Police Chief Kirk Wilson said Wednesday that his department continues to embrace the philosophy of community policing, and that a resisting arrest case against Michael Francisco, which has drawn considerable attention, is still under active investigation.
Wilson also said in the formal statement issued via email Wednesday morning that he welcomes a town review of the department’s policies and procedures, as called for by Mayor Dan Richardson.
“At this time the incident that took place on December 24, 2020 remains under investigation,” Wilson said. “We are also reviewing our policy and procedures to ensure they are up-to-date and are the best practices, and our officers are continually training with particular regard to racial bias and verbal de-escalation.”

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