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Jury Finds Denver Police Officers Violated Colorado Constitution, Awards $3.76 Million in Damages

In a precedent-setting decision under a new statute allowing enforcement of the Colorado Constitution, a Colorado jury awarded $3.76 million in damages to Ruby Johnson...

ACLU sues Denver Police Detective Over Unlawful SWAT-team Search of Montbello Grandmother’s Home

ACLU of Colorado lawyers filed suit today on behalf of Ruby Johnson — a 77-year-old grandmother whose Montbello home was subjected to a terrifying hours-long search last January by a Denver Police Department (DPD) SWAT team dressed out in body armor and carrying automatic weapons.