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Gill Webb Injured by Police During Arrest
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Apr 9, 1998 - ACLU Wins Release of Videotapes, Internal Affairs Files, in Gil Webb Case
In a written opinion issued today in a case filed under the Colorado Open Records Act, Denver District Court Judge Herbert L. Stern III ordered the Denver Police Department to release to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) the complete file of the department’s internal investigation into the events that occurred on March 26, 1997, when police arrested Gil Webb for auto theft and vehicular homicide at the scene of the crash that killed Officer Ronald DeHerrera.

Dec 2, 1997 - ACLU Sues for Release of Police Investigation of Officers Accused of Manhandling Gil Webb
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado (ACLU) filed suit today under the Colorado Open Records Act, seeking disclosure of the Denver Police Department’s internal investigation of the events that occurred on March 26, 1997, when police arrested Gil Webb for auto theft and vehicular homicide at the scene of the crash that killed Officer Ronald DeHerrera.

Apr 9, 1997 - ACLU Requests Disclosure of Videotape Depicting Mistreatment of Suspect
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado (ACLU) filed a formal request today under the Colorado Open Records Act for disclosure of the full footage of a Channel 2 videotape that prompted an investigation into police mistreatment of a seventeen-year-old African American suspect charged in a March 26 crash that fatally injured Denver Police Officer Ron DeHerrera.

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