- The threat of Election Day, or post-Election Day, chaos is dominating the energy of the FBI and local law enforcement agencies, as police chiefs and sheriffs plan for protest activity up and down the Front Range.
- Deputies who responded to reports of fires on the property found a dozen smoldering slash piles. The area is under a burn ban and is located near the devastating East Troublesome fire.
- The owner hand-delivered a notice to his tenants warning of the implications of a Biden win — and the benefits they’d receive if President Trump won reelection.
- “Our ultimate hope is that it’s a quiet and boring night … but obviously we need to be prepared.”
- More than 160 children were victimized in Colorado over the course of 70 years, an investigation by Attorney General Phil Weiser found last year.
- Authorities have been looking into stories circulating on NextDoor and Facebook about intimidating people hanging around ballot drop boxes, but so far none panned out.
- Many of the usual talking points about being tough on crime have given way to conversations about diversion programs and other reforms.
- In conversations with CPR, Black and Hispanic officers discussed their own experiences encountering law enforcement out of uniform, and how that has shaped their response to this moment of national reckoning around race and policing.
- When the pandemic hit Colorado, Gov. Polis issued an order allowing the early release of low-risk inmates with serious health conditions. But he's since allowed it to lapse.
- Timothy Shea, a Castle Rock resident, is one of four men accused by federal prosecutors of illegally siphoning off money from the GoFundMe fundraising campaign for their own personal benefit.
- There are currently five government investigations into the Aurora Police Department and Elijah McClain’s death in August 2019, all sparked by national uproar over police tactics and racial inequality.
- The death of Elijah McClain inspired fury in Colorado and across the world and led to dozens of protests against the Aurora police.
- This latest investigation into the Aurora PD comes after several high-profile incidents of police brutality, including the death of Elijah McClain.
- Elijah McClain died in August 2019 after three Aurora police officers stopped and attempted to detain him.
- McClain was injected with ketamine by paramedics after police attempted to arrest him last August in Aurora.
- Alec McKinney's sentencing following a long and emotional day of testimony from victims. McKinney himself addressed the courtroom as well.
