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Colorado ACLU Cases

Legal Department Docket, 2002-Present

Case Name: People v. Brenier
Case Number: No. 01 GS 505590, Denver County Court
ACLU Case Number: 2001-22

Description: At the Four Directions All Nations March in Denver on October 6, 2001, Denver police officers stopped the defendant pursuant to a standing order to stop and identify persons who were peacefully participating in a public demonstration while wearing symbolic black clothing and masks. When he declined to submit to a pat-down frisk, he was arrested for "interference with police authority." Attorneys for the ACLU entered their appearance, and the case was subsequently dismissed.

Issues: right to petition for redress of grievances; police practices

ACLU of Colorado Attorneys: Paula Greisen, Andrea Faley

Links to Selected Documents:

Letter dated January 16, 2002, from Mark Silverstein, ACLU Legal Director to Denver Police Chief Gerald Whitman

Motion to Dismiss, People v. Brenier

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