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3.28.02
ACLU of Colorado Files Class Action Lawsuit Challenging Denver Police Spyfiles on Peaceful Protest Activities Full Story >
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) filed a class action lawsuit today challenging the Denver Police Department's practice of monitoring and recording the peaceful protest activities of Denver-area residents, keeping files on the expressive activities of law-abiding advocacy organizations, and sharing those files with third parties.
3.11.02
ACLU Calls for Denver Police to Stop Keeping Files on Peaceful Protesters Full Story >
In a news conference held today, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) charged that the Denver Police Department is monitoring and recording the peaceful protest activities of Denver-area residents and keeping files on the expressive activities of law-abiding advocacy organizations.
3.8.02
ACLU LAWSUIT ALLEGES GOLDEN, DENVER POLICE ILLEGALLY SEIZED MEMBERSHIP LISTS, ADVOCACY MATERIALS, FROM Full Story >
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) filed suit against Golden and Denver law enforcement officers today alleging that they violated the rights of a Denver social justice organization when they searched its office and illegally confiscated membership lists, pamphlets, and other materials that are protected by the First Amendment.
2.20.02
ACLU SUES DEA, CBI, FOR ILLEGAL ARMED HOME INVASION, FALSE IMPRISONMENT Full Story >
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) filed suit today alleging that agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) violated the constitutional rights of a Pueblo family by conducting an illegal SWAT-type raid on the family's home with no warrant or other legal authority.
12.10.01
ACLU AWARDED GRANT FROM GILL FOUNDATION Full Story >
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU of Colorado) is pleased to announce a grant award of $15,000 from the Gill Foundation for general operating support. This grant will support the entire range of litigation, education and advocacy work of the ACLU of Colorado.
12.10.01
ACLU AWARDED GRANT FROM GAY AND LESBIAN FUND FOR COLORADO Full Story >
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU of Colorado) is pleased to announce a grant award of $5,000 from the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado for support of educational programs and ACLU Chapter work in El Paso County.
12.10.01
ACLU AWARDED GRANT FROM THE DENVER FOUNDATION Full Story >
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU of Colorado) is pleased to announce a grant award of $10,000 from The Denver Foundation, through the Irene G. Rothgerber Trust of The Denver Foundation, for programs serving the six county metropolitan area.
11.5.01
SERIES OF INMATE DEATHS IN EL PASO COUNTY JAIL PROMPT ACLU CALL FOR INVESTIGATION Full Story >
In a letter to the El Paso Board of County Commissioners, the ACLU called today for an investigation to determine whether "systemic and ongoing deficiencies in the delivery of medical and mental health care" are responsible for a series of inmate deaths in the county jail in Colorado Springs.
8.8.01
SUSPECTED VICTIMES OF CHILD ABUSE SHACKLED, JAILED, AND TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS, ACLU CHARGES IN FEDERAL LAWSUIT Full Story >
In a lawsuit filed in federal court today, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) alleged that contractors providing services to the Colorado Division of Youth Corrections mistreated two young suspected victims of child abuse who were unjustly imprisoned last year for seven days, denied visits and the right to telephone family members, and were paraded through the Denver airport and other public places on multiple occasions while shackled with leg chains and handcuffs that were sometimes so tight they caused physical injury.
5.10.01
ACLU SUES EL PASO COUNTY JAIL OVER DEATH OF INMATE Full Story >
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) announced today the filing of a wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the family of Andrew Spillane, a pre-trial detainee who died on May 10, 2000, in the El Paso County Jail, shortly after deputies pepper-sprayed him in the confined space of a special detention cell.