Denver police conduct is at center of city's spiking lawsuit bills
Denver paid out $39.5 million to resolve large claims, including lawsuits, against the city from 2017 to 2023, with more than a quarter stemming for the 2020 racial justice protests.
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Denver paid out $39.5 million to resolve large claims, including lawsuits, against the city from 2017 to 2023, with more than a quarter stemming for the 2020 racial justice protests.
Jax Feldmann was 21 when, on May 30, 2020, he was walking home from a friend's house where he had been working on recipes and was shot in the face by Denver police, amid BLM protests.
The Denver City Council is poised to approve a $2.3 million eye after a police officer shot him in the face with a pepper ball during the George Floyd protests in 2020.
There’s no escaping the rising cost of almost everything these days as inflation across the country continues to soar.
NationofChange 2 Denver police officers suspended for use of force during George Floyd protests “Once I dispersed the fogger, the female immediately put her window up and put her head down to read her phone. I realized that I made a mistake and walked away from the female and her car.” Recorded on video firing chemical agents at people who did not pose a threat during the George Floyd protests last year, two Colorado police officers have been suspended for use of unjustifiable force. All three incidents were recorded on police body cam videos. During a protest that began on Ma...