The lawsuit follows a tumultuous chapter for Woodland Park School District, which is overseen by a conservative board and has drawn national attention for spats over history curriculum
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Three families sue Douglas County School District, alleging discrimination
The complaint alleges numerous students and staff at the schools targeted four Black or biracial students with harassment, racial slurs and threats
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ACLU sues Colorado Springs, FBI, alleging illegal search of progressive nonprofit, activist’s home
The warrants targeting the Chinook Center and activist Jacqueline Armendariz Unzueta after a housing march in July 2021 violated First Amendment rights, the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver said
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Colorado lawmakers will pursue constitutional amendment to let survivors of child sex abuse from decades past file lawsuits
The Colorado Supreme Court in June struck down a 2021 law that sought to get around a state constitutional prohibition on reviving civil claims for which the statute of limitations has run out
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Colorado officer who put suspect in car hit by train found guilty of reckless endangerment but not attempted manslaughter
Jordan Steinke was the first of two officers to go to trial over the Sept. 16, 2022, crash that left Yareni Rios-Gonzalez seriously injured
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Body camera footage shows Colorado deputy firing Taser at man running across I-25 shortly before he was struck, killed by SUV
Brent Thompson was hit with the Taser probes 5.6 seconds before being struck by the Ford Explorer traveling down the interstate at night
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Colorado cop on trial for putting suspect in car hit by train says she didn’t notice the tracks
Officer Jordan Steinke said she was focused on the suspect and the potential threat she posed
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Colorado businessman sentenced to over 5 years in prison for “We Build The Wall” fundraiser fraud
Timothy Shea of Castle Rock also was ordered to forfeit $1.8 million and to pay restitution of an equal amount
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A dozen Colorado State Patrol cars have been struck by drivers so far this year
A trooper tumbled 30 feet off a bridge and down an embankment to avoid being hit by a second state patrol car that was struck while on an early-morning stop in Adams County
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Kansas Highway Patrol’s “two-step” traffic stop tactic tramples rights, federal judge rules in case filed by motorists coming from Colorado
The ruling came in response to ACLU lawsuits filed on behalf of three motorists and two passengers traveling in 2017, 2018 and 2019 from neighboring Colorado