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Oct 20, 2016
ACLU Calls on Mitch Morrissey to Retract Misguided “Ballot Selfie” Threat
Statement of ACLU of Colorado Legal Director Mark Silverstein
Oct 20, 2016
ACLU Wins $375K for Victims of Wrongful Arrest in Trinidad
DENVER – The City of Trinidad has agreed to pay $375,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Colorado on behalf of Danika Gonzales and Felicia Valdez, two innocent women who were wrongly arrested and prosecuted for crimes they did not commit in a reckless 2013 “drug sting” where police relied on the false accusations of an untrustworthy confidential informant.
Oct 12, 2016
ACLU Lawsuit Challenges Racially Biased Policing in Colorado Springs
DENVER – In a lawsuit filed this morning against Colorado Springs police officers and the City of Colorado Springs, the ACLU of Colorado charged that two young African-American men were victims of the police department’s “custom and practice” of engaging in racially-biased policing and carrying out groundless, racially-motivated stops and searches.
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