AURORA | Dozens of civil rights activists and Aurora community leaders gathered in front of the Aurora Municipal Center Saturday afternoon to highlight and condemn the Aurora Police Department’s handling of the case of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old black man who died a...

Andy Cross, The Denver Post LaWayne Mosley, father of Elijah McClain, wears a t-shirt with is son’s picture on it during a press conference in front of the Aurora Municipal Center Oct. 1, 2019. 

Adams County District Attorney Dave Young found no criminal actions by Auro...

Elijah McClain after his encounter with Aurora police officers. Family photo via the Aurora Sentinel

Standard operating procedure for government agencies dictates that bad and/or controversial news be issued as late as possible on a Friday, when people already thinking...

BOULDER, Colo. -- The Boulder County sheriff and five deputies are named in an excessive force lawsuit after an inmate was tasered even though she was already in a restraint chair with her hands strapped behind her back and her head covered with a spit hood.

Lauren Gott...

Denver Police Sgt. Brian Conover speaks with Dorian Phillips on Nov. 14, 2018, during a police sweep of a homeless encampment in Five Points. (Photo by Alex Burness for The Colorado Independent)

After hearings this week, a Denver County Court judge will decide whether t...

Elijah McClain in an intensive care unit shortly before his family disconnected him from life support. McClain encountered Aurora police one night last month, was subdued and drugged during the encounter. He suffered cardiac arrest during the encounter and never regain...

The family of Elijah McClain, who died last month following a rough arrest by police in the Denver suburb of Aurora, said they have more questions than answers since their loved one’s passing. Now they’re demanding the officers involved be charged and are calling for t...

Jerry Burton walks into the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse to see a judge, Oct. 18, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

 Kevin J. Beaty

A lawyer for the city and an expert witness for a man who has experienced homelessness tussled Friday over the heart of a case that challenge...