Posts tagged with ACLU

Last Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 · 7:39 p.m.

A freshly-dyed LGBTQ flag. Lonnie Hanzon's home studio in Lakewood, April 10, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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A Colorado gay couple were refused a cake for their wedding, but the Supreme Court case is about much more

Oral arguments before the Supreme Court start Dec. 5 in a case with profound implications for gay rights and the role of religion in public life.

A Frontier Airlines plan at Denver International Airport. (Courtesy of Frontier Airlines)

Frontier discriminates against breastfeeding flight attendants, ACLU says

Enforcement of the parks bans has largely affected marijuana users. (Andrew Kenney/Denverite)

Denver hasn’t banned anyone from its parks lately. Meanwhile, the ACLU got involved.

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Officer Jason Rivera talks to Randy Russell, who already recieved a camping ban citation today. Protesters who have set up camp in front of the City and County Building to denounce Denver's urban camping ban are removed by police. Nov. 29, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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ACLU to Denver: Stop taking homeless people’s blankets

The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado has sent a letter to Denver's elected leaders asking police not to seize blankets, sleeping bags and other survival gear from people living outside.

Aurora code enforcement officers could start wearing body cameras, for their own safety and to collect evidence

This month, three code enforcement officers and three animal control officers will wear the cameras as a pilot program.

A crime scene after an officer-involved shooting near Bates and Bryant, southwest Denver, on Aug. 31, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Community groups want a seat at the table as Denver police update their use of force policy

The ACLU wants to know why Denver police are collecting social media posts

A plan by Denver police to collect and analyze social media data deserves more scrutiny, the American Civil Liberties Union said.

Denver police could be collecting your social media posts

ACLU files class action lawsuit over Colorado’s denial of Hepatitis C treatment

People walk along 16th Street near Arapahoe Street in Denver, near the Daniels & Fisher Building, in 1957. (Denver Public Library/Western History Collection/X-11000120)

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Views of the Cherry Creek trail in downtown Denver.

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Denver has banned five suspected drug users from its parks so far

Denver police officers now have the power to temporarily ban people from public spaces, and they're starting to use it.

The 16th Street Mall. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Opinion: The “gauntlet” on 16th Street is the same gauntlet we run in our neighborhood

The Mall is working or not working about as well as the rest of Denver.

ACLU calls Denver’s parks banishment plan “an unacceptable end run around the Constitution”

A person does not need to be convicted or even arrested on a drug charge to be banned from city parks and the Cherry Creek path.

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