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Homeless advocacy groups argue the program would make the problem worse. It is a disaster waiting to happen, said Ana Cornelius with Denver Homeless Out Loud. This is not a solution. This is a way of increasing mass-homelessness in our city. The new pilot program will give a small group of civilians the power to issue citations to people disobeying a handful of city ordinances, first reported by the Denver Voice. Think of camping on city streets, smoking weed in public, trespassing, or being in a park after curfew. The team would be unarmed and not dressed as police officers, just wearing a shirt with the city logo. ....
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(Jesse Costa/WBUR) Against the backdrop of the Derek Chauvin trial, and after a year of racial reckoning, Americans are confronted with yet more brutal footage of police killings of Black and brown Americans. What does true accountability and reform look like? Guests Vinnie Cervantes, organizing director of the Denver Alliance for Street Health Response. (@squashstreet) From The Reading List Star Tribune: After Daunte Wright s killing, criticism of pretextual traffic stops grows Diamond Sheriff helped attach some of the hundreds of air fresheners to a new fence surrounding the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Thursday, April 15. The Atlantic: The State Where Protests Have Already Forced Major Police Reform In Loveland, Colorado the nation’s self-proclaimed “Sweetheart City,” about an hour’s drive north of Denver a young police officer paused earlier this month as he was arresting a pregnant woman who had outstanding warrants. Should ....
Over seven days ending on Jan. 2, Mike Coffman, the Mayor of Aurora, lived on the streets of Denver and Aurora to gain a different perspective on how to address the “problem of homelessness.” With limited resources, he slept in shelters and encampments and had conversations with several people experiencing homelessness. As a result of his time on the streets, Coffman developed several conclusions based on his experience that will likely inform his plans to address the challenges of homelessness. (The Gazette, Jan. 24). On the surface, this experience resonated with me. Since moving to Colorado Springs in 2014, I have spent seven days sleeping outside to learn about some of the challenges associated with homelessness. One major difference is that I did not do this alone. ....