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ACLU NAMES COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL AS DEFENDANT IN CHALLENGE TO CRIMINAL LIBEL STATUE AND SETTLES CLAIMS AGAINST CITY OF GREELEY
ACLU Names Colorado Attorney General as Defendant in Challenge to Criminal Libel Statute and Settles Claims Against City of Greeley FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 19, 2004 The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) announced today that it has added Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar, the state’s chief legal officer, as a defendant in a lawsuit filed last month that asks a federal court to declare Colorado’s criminal libel statute unconstitutional. The ACLU also.... | Read More
ACLU FILES FIRST AMENDMENT SUIT OVER “SECURITY ZONE” AT NATO CONFERENCE
ACLU Files First Amendment Suit Over “Security Zone” at NATO Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 2004 The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) filed suit today against the City of Colorado Springs, asserting that city officials violated the First Amendment when they denied a request from six peace and justice activists that they be permitted to hold signs on the public sidewalk across from the Broadmoor Hotel for one hour during the NATO.... | Read More
ACLU CHARGES UNNECESSARY FORCE AND TORTURE IN LETTER SUMMARIZING COMPLAINS ABOUT COLORADO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ABUSING TASERS AND STUN GUNS
ACLU Charges Unnecessary Force and Torture in Letter Summarizing Complaints about Colorado Law Enforcement Agencies Abusing Tasers and Stun Guns March 16, 2004 Colorado law enforcement agencies have been using electroshock weapons in an abusive and cruel manner that constitutes unnecessary and unreasonable force and in some cases amounts to outright deliberate torture, ACLU of Colorado Legal Director Mark Silverstein asserted in a letter sent yesterday to the Denver Mayor's.... | Read More
ACLU SUES NORTH METRO DRUG TASK FORCE ON BEHALF OF WOMAN FORCED TO STRIP NAKED IN FULL VIEW OF NEIGHBORS
ACLU Sues North Metro Drug Task Force on Behalf of Woman Forced to Strip Naked in Full View of Neighbors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 12, 2004 The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado (ACLU) announced today that it had filed suit Friday against the North Metro Drug Task Force on behalf of a metro-area woman. The suit alleges that Task Force made her strip naked in the parking lot of her condominium in full view of her neighbors and male law enforcement officers.... | Read More
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT REINSTATES ACLU CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OVER EL PASO COUNTY JAIL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2004 In a ruling announced today, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a class action lawsuit filed in 2002 on behalf of prisoners with serious mental health needs in the El Paso County Jail in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The ruling reverses a decision issued in 2003 by Federal District Court Judge Richard P. Matsch, who had ruled that the suit could not proceed as a class action. Shortly after that ruling, Judge Matsch dismissed the case, and ACLU attorneys.... | Read More
ACLU AND COLORADO DOC SETTLE LAWSUIT CHALLENGING CENSORSHIP PRACTICES
ACLU and Colorado DOC settle lawsuit challenging censorship practices FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2004 The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado (ACLU) announced today the settlement of a lawsuit, filed in 2000 on behalf of a publisher’s association, eight publishers and seven prisoners, that challenged the standards and procedures employed by the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) for censoring books, newspapers, magazines, and political commentary. “The.... | Read More