Posts tagged with bias

Last Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 · 7:41 p.m.

Denver Police are collecting data to measure if bias plays into who officers stop

DPD has begun collecting data on who officers stop to see if racial, gender or age groups are disproportionately targeted. The department's biggest critics have expressed approval.

For the victims of the Broadway stabbing, Denver had long felt unsafe

"It's really anywhere. We don't have to be at the club for them to be harassed. We could be at the mall."

An ambulance screams down Speer on a snowy evening wiht its sirens on. Nov. 17, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Man arrested on suspicion he shouted slur and stabbed gay couple in Denver

One of the victims said that he had just left a nightclub with his boyfriend at the time of the attack near Capitol Hill.

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Scene of a shooting on Champa between 16th and 17th. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Denver police will collect more information on race and gender during stops

Denver Auditor Tim O'Brien recommended this step back in January 2016 as a way to better measure and guard against racial profiling.

U.S. Supreme Court (Josh Berglund/Flickr)

A Colorado juror used racial slurs against a defendant. SCOTUS says that’s a reason to look at normally secret deliberations.

Inside the U.S. Supreme Court. (Phil Roeder/Flickr)

Colorado cases gone national: A baker who refuses gay people and a juror who said an awful thing about Mexican men

Members of the Southern Ute tribe dressed in traditional attire. (Larry Lamsa/Flickr)

History Colorado was awarded $2.2 million to integrate Ute tradition with STEM

The National Science Foundation’s Advancing Informal STEM Learning program awarded the five year grant in order to engage 128,000 students, educators and experts across Colorado and Utah in a variety of programs.

A student at Indian Peaks Elementary School works on a project in class. (Nicholas Garcia/Chalkbeat)

Few Colorado kids have access to STEM experiences, Chalkbeat survey finds

Many, many LEGO people. (Pixabay / Eak K.)

Brick Fest Live! is back in Denver today. Here are our favorite LEGO masterpieces so far.

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