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Homeless advocates protest city’s camping ban during MLB All-Star Game Denver Police did not allow the small group of protesters to walk towards Coors Field, citing traffic safety, though other residents were allowed to pass through By: Moe Clark - July 14, 2021 2:11 pm A small group of protestors marched in downtown Denver on July 13, 2020, to protest the city’s city’s continuous clearing of homeless encampments. Law enforcement officers blocked off the streets to protesters, and would not allow them to continue walking on the sidewalk. (Moe Clark/Colorado Newsline) As baseball fans f...

Denverite, the Denver site! Activists want Denver to investigate its treatment of people living on city streets Denver’s auditor says he’s gearing up for two investigations in 2021 that may help shed light on the so-called “sweeps.” As Denver Police kept a small group of protesters at bay with fencing and, in a few cases, pepper ball rounds and mace, city crews began a sweep of a large homeless encampment at Arkins Court and 29th Avenue in Denver’s RiNo district on Nov. 30, 2020. In this photo, volunteers are helping a man move his belongings as police stand nearby. ...

Westword’s January 26 report that Mayor Michael Hancock has seen the newly dropped video “Message to the Mayor” by Kid Astronaut (Jon Shockness), Apostle (Jeff Campbell), Bumpy Chill (Adrean Jones), Kingdom (Jeffery McWhorter) and Mizta Sandman (Shannon Richardson), in collaboration with producer Mic Coates. The experience of this powerful new work exposes the continued deadly injustice of the City of Denver’s policies toward our houseless neighbors. These most vulnerable of our citizens, disproportionately people of color, veterans, those with mental and physical disabilities, queer...

The song, released as a music video on January 21, features a catchy chorus sung by Kid Astronaut, aka Jon Shockness of Air Dubai, an award-winning local hip-hop band. "Mayor Hancock, the streets need you, you promised to do something, but we don’t believe you. Mayor Hancock, the city needs you, you promised to do something, but we don’t see you," Shockness sings during the chorus. "This is just an ask to say, is there more that can be done?" explains Shockness, who just dropped a new album titled Aside from Campbell and Shockness, "Message to the Mayor" features Adrean "Bumpy Chill" Jo...

After I left, she spiraled. She lost her home and was ticketed for living in a car, again for the car being uninsured, and once more for abandoning the car when she was left with no other choice. I used to sneak away from school during lunch to track her down and make sure she was still alive. Luckily, she had friends in her community who vowed to help keep her safe — and safety is something that I’m sure many like her have ripped from them after each of your sweeps. Soon enough, she was arrested. First for unpaid tickets, then for calling the police on a fight and, once she finally snap...