Michael Hancock urged people on Twitter to ‘avoid travel’, then flew to Mississippi
The mayor of Denver was forced to apologise after flying to Mississippi to spend Thanksgiving with his family – shortly after urging residents to follow official advice and remain at home because of the coronavirus.
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Continue reading...A television station security guard has been arrested after the incident outside the city’s art museum
Police have identified a 30-year-old man as the suspect in a fatal shooting that took place in downtown Denver during duelling protests between leftwing and rightwing groups.
Matthew Dolloff, a private security guard working for local television station KUSA TV, was arrested for first degree murder in connection with Saturday afternoon’s shooting, Denver police said in a social media post.
Continue reading...A man has been shot dead during rival protests by left and rightwing groups in the US city of Denver. Police arrested a suspect who NBC News affiliate, KUSA-TV, said was working as a security guard to protect the station’s crew, according to its website. The shooting took place on Saturday in a courtyard at the Denver Art Museum during a so-called 'Patriot Rally' that was met by counter-protests.
Continue reading...Watchdog to look at use-of-force allegations in Portland and Washington as other mayors say: we don’t need your deployments
The justice department inspector general said on Thursday it would conduct a review of the conduct of federal agents who responded to unrest in Portland and Washington DC, following concerns from members of Congress and the public.
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Continue reading...A woman who gave birth alone in her prison cell in Denver is suing the city. Diana Sanchez's legal team allege that jail deputies and nurses ignored her pleas for help during five hours of labour
Continue reading...Lawsuit alleges prison staff and nurses ignored Diana Sanchez’s pleas while she was in labour
A woman who gave birth alone in her jail cell in Denver is suing the city after deputies and nurses allegedly ignored her pleas for help during about five hours of labour.
Surveillance video released by her lawyer show Diana Sanchez lying down on a narrow bed, crying out in pain, before she gives birth to a baby boy on 31 July 2018. An absorbent pad is slid under her door for her to put on her bed about 45 minutes before she gave birth. After she gives birth, a nurse walks in and picks up the baby.
Continue reading...Dozens of inflatable mattresses cartwheeled across a park in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday as strong winds whipped through the neighbourhood. Robb Manes, who filmed the bizarre spectacle, described it as the ‘great mattress migration of 2019’. According to local reports, the mattresses had been set out for an open-air film screening called the Bed Cinema later that day
Continue reading...Unofficial results show citizen initiative on psilocybin passed, following path of decriminalized cannabis
Voters on Tuesday made Denver the first US city to in effect decriminalize psilocybin – the psychoactive substance in “magic mushrooms” – adding a new chapter to the city’s role in shaping wider drug policy.
The citizen initiative on the ballot followed the same tack taken by marijuana activists to decriminalize pot possession in 2005 in the city. That move was followed by statewide legalization in 2012. A number of other states have since broadly allowed marijuana sales and use by adults.
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