- The department has also released body camera video from the incident, in which an officer beat and strangled an unarmed man while another officer failed to intervene.
- CPR justice reporter Allison Sherry on efforts to control a rising crime rate while improving police methods.
- The study found that while arrests fell overall, there are still clear racial disparities in who is being charged with cannabis-related crimes.
- A year after George Floyd’s murder and the summer of protests that followed, communities and law enforcement in places like Northeast Park Hill in Denver are wondering what approach is the right one.
- Attorneys General from 48 states including Colorado were dealt a major blow recently when a federal judge dismissed an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook. So what now, and where does a similar lawsuit against Google stand? Colorado attorney general Phil Weiser talks with CPR justice reporter Allison Sherry about these issues and others, in a discussion through the Vail Symposium.
- Arvada police confirmed Friday that one of their officers fired the shot that killed “good Samaritan” Johnny Hurley during Monday’s attack that also left a veteran officer and his suspected ambusher dead.
- With two officers killed this year by gunfire, 2021 has already matched some of the deadliest years of the past decade.
- The jury deliberated for less than a day before delivering its verdict.
- After Monday's closing arguments, the jury is set to deliberate.
- Prosecutors rested their case Thursday after two weeks of testimony that included witnesses and victims. The trial now moves to the defense.
- The alleged shooter on trial faces 46 criminal charges in connection with the shooting, which killed fellow student Kendrick Castillo, and injured eight others.
- Criminal justice reformers are trying again with a policy to limit when police can arrest people for low-level crimes, as well as expand when people who have been arrested are eligible for release on no-cash bonds.
- The El Paso County jail was the site of the largest jail outbreak of the virus in the state.
- The accused shooter will face a total of 115 criminal charges when he makes his second court appearance on Tuesday.
- An unlikely group of bedfellows — activists, public defenders and prosecutors — spent months poring over and debating Colorado misdemeanors. These are the results.
- The district attorney's letter provides the clearest portrait yet of the extraordinary acts by officers from several agencies to put a halt to the massacre and prevent additional deaths.
