By and | A man who allegedly entered U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office illegally during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was arrested Wednesday in Denver by the FBI, court records show.Hunter Palm was identified to federal investigators by a family member, according to court records. Court documents don’t state where Palm lives, but paperwork related to his bond show he is required to report to a probation office in Colorado Springs and is restricted from leaving the state of Colorado while on bond.In a Feb. 6 interview with federal investigators, Palm admitted to entering the Capitol...…By and | A man who allegedly entered U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office illegally during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was arrested Wednesday in Denver by the FBI, court records show.Hunter Palm was identified to federal investigators by a family member, according to court records. Court documents don’t state where Palm lives, but paperwork related to his bond show he is required to report to a probation office in Colorado Springs and is restricted from leaving the state of Colorado while on bond.In a Feb. 6 interview with federal investigators, Palm admitted to entering the Capitol...WW…

By | | The Denver PostThe Loveland police officers who violently arrested a 73-year-old woman with dementia last year laughed about the incident afterward and congratulated themselves about the arrest, shows.The aggressive arrest not only put Karen Garner in a hospital, but also drastically worsened her dementia symptoms, her family said in an interview Monday, speaking publicly for the first time. Garner barely communicates now. Her family placed her in an assisted living facility in August because they no longer believed she would be safe living alone.“She hasn’t come back the way she was...…By | | The Denver PostThe Loveland police officers who violently arrested a 73-year-old woman with dementia last year laughed about the incident afterward and congratulated themselves about the arrest, shows.The aggressive arrest not only put Karen Garner in a hospital, but also drastically worsened her dementia symptoms, her family said in an interview Monday, speaking publicly for the first time. Garner barely communicates now. Her family placed her in an assisted living facility in August because they no longer believed she would be safe living alone.“She hasn’t come back the way she was...WW…

By | | The Denver PostA judge in Colorado’s largest judicial district will resign after using a racial slur, employing derogatory language to speak about another judge, espousing opinions about racial justice from the bench and directing court employees to work on her personal business.The Colorado Supreme Court on Friday censured 18th Judicial District Court Judge Natalie Chase and she failed “to maintain the high standards of judicial conduct required of a judge.” Chase agreed to resign next month and did not dispute the facts of the six incidents outlined in the court’s order.Public...…By | | The Denver PostA judge in Colorado’s largest judicial district will resign after using a racial slur, employing derogatory language to speak about another judge, espousing opinions about racial justice from the bench and directing court employees to work on her personal business.The Colorado Supreme Court on Friday censured 18th Judicial District Court Judge Natalie Chase and she failed “to maintain the high standards of judicial conduct required of a judge.” Chase agreed to resign next month and did not dispute the facts of the six incidents outlined in the court’s order.Public...WW…

By | | The Denver PostA gun used by a man suspected of at a Boulder King Soopers would have been illegal under the city’s assault weapon ban that was recently blocked by a judge, though nobody ever had been cited under the ban while it was active.The suspect , six days before the mass killing, according to his arrest affidavit. Police recovered a rifle and a handgun inside the grocery store next to the tactical vest believed to be worn by the suspect, according to the affidavit, though it’s not clear whether the Ruger gun is the handgun or the rifle referenced in the document.The Ruger...…By | | The Denver PostA gun used by a man suspected of at a Boulder King Soopers would have been illegal under the city’s assault weapon ban that was recently blocked by a judge, though nobody ever had been cited under the ban while it was active.The suspect , six days before the mass killing, according to his arrest affidavit. Police recovered a rifle and a handgun inside the grocery store next to the tactical vest believed to be worn by the suspect, according to the affidavit, though it’s not clear whether the Ruger gun is the handgun or the rifle referenced in the document.The Ruger...WW…

By | | The Denver PostA judge blocked Boulder from enforcing its 2-year-old ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines in the city, setting up the chance for the state Supreme Court to review whether Colorado cities can create their own restrictions on gun ownership.Boulder County District Court Judge Andrew Hartman ruled Friday that the city can’t enforce its ordinance banning the possession, transfer or sale of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines because state law says local governments can’t prohibit the possession or sale of firearms.“These provisions are invalid, and...…By | | The Denver PostA judge blocked Boulder from enforcing its 2-year-old ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines in the city, setting up the chance for the state Supreme Court to review whether Colorado cities can create their own restrictions on gun ownership.Boulder County District Court Judge Andrew Hartman ruled Friday that the city can’t enforce its ordinance banning the possession, transfer or sale of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines because state law says local governments can’t prohibit the possession or sale of firearms.“These provisions are invalid, and...WW…

Jackson Maes, 27, died by suicide in the Saguache County jail after being arrested for failing to appear in court on a traffic ticket.Jackson Maes died by suicide alone in a Colorado jail cell after making several comments about wanting to kill himself to deputies, who did not remove items from the cell that could be used for self-harm and who did not check on him for more than eight hours.His crime? Missing a court date on a traffic ticket.The 27-year-old from Denver died about 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 16, 2019. Deputies with the Saguache County Sheriff’s Office did not find his body until 7...…Jackson Maes, 27, died by suicide in the Saguache County jail after being arrested for failing to appear in court on a traffic ticket.Jackson Maes died by suicide alone in a Colorado jail cell after making several comments about wanting to kill himself to deputies, who did not remove items from the cell that could be used for self-harm and who did not check on him for more than eight hours.His crime? Missing a court date on a traffic ticket.The 27-year-old from Denver died about 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 16, 2019. Deputies with the Saguache County Sheriff’s Office did not find his body until 7...WW…

By | | The Denver PostAurora police and paramedics made substantial errors at nearly every stage of their interaction with Elijah McClain and the detectives tasked with investigating the incident that led to the 23-year-old’s death stretched the truth to exonerate the officers involved, an independent investigation found.Aurora police officers did not have a legal basis to force McClain to stop walking, to frisk him or to use a chokehold on him, according toParamedics with the city’s fire department failed to properly evaluate McClain — or even attempt to speak to him — before injecting him...…By | | The Denver PostAurora police and paramedics made substantial errors at nearly every stage of their interaction with Elijah McClain and the detectives tasked with investigating the incident that led to the 23-year-old’s death stretched the truth to exonerate the officers involved, an independent investigation found.Aurora police officers did not have a legal basis to force McClain to stop walking, to frisk him or to use a chokehold on him, according toParamedics with the city’s fire department failed to properly evaluate McClain — or even attempt to speak to him — before injecting him...WW…

By | | The Denver PostEvery day, desperate pleas for help in getting baby diapers arrive in WeeCycle’s email, social media and voicemails.The Denver-area nonprofit has quadrupled the number of diapers it gives out to low-income families as the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions destroyed jobs and left many without the money needed to buy the 200-300 diapers a baby needs each month.But WeeCycle’s Lindsey Zaback, the director of programs, outreach and community engagement, knows “we still are scraping the surface on the need.”That’s why four Colorado lawmakers have introduced by up to 550%....…By | | The Denver PostEvery day, desperate pleas for help in getting baby diapers arrive in WeeCycle’s email, social media and voicemails.The Denver-area nonprofit has quadrupled the number of diapers it gives out to low-income families as the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions destroyed jobs and left many without the money needed to buy the 200-300 diapers a baby needs each month.But WeeCycle’s Lindsey Zaback, the director of programs, outreach and community engagement, knows “we still are scraping the surface on the need.”That’s why four Colorado lawmakers have introduced by up to 550%....WW…

By | | The Denver PostBefore Robert Gieswein donned goggles, grabbed a baseball bat and stormed the U.S. Capitol, he posed for photos across Colorado flashing a hand sign associated with an extremist militia ideology that he and hundreds of other Coloradans buy into.The far-right militia movement has gained visibility in Colorado over the past year after its members appeared at protests across the state.Men wearing patches for the Three Percenter movement as well as identifiers of other far-right groups appeared at Black Lives Matter protests in Denver last summer. Dozens of men in...…By | | The Denver PostBefore Robert Gieswein donned goggles, grabbed a baseball bat and stormed the U.S. Capitol, he posed for photos across Colorado flashing a hand sign associated with an extremist militia ideology that he and hundreds of other Coloradans buy into.The far-right militia movement has gained visibility in Colorado over the past year after its members appeared at protests across the state.Men wearing patches for the Three Percenter movement as well as identifiers of other far-right groups appeared at Black Lives Matter protests in Denver last summer. Dozens of men in...WW…

By | and | | The Denver PostThe 61-year-old Douglas County man claimed to be ex-special forces, a sniper who’d worked for the CIA.He called police to his home more than once, told them he’d been shot while checking the mail, or that he’d awoken to find silencer-toting hitmen in his bedroom. He bragged about shooting someone and threatened others. He held conversations with no one and routinely wore a tactical vest labeled “deputy sheriff” while stopping citizens to ask if everything was OK.And he owned at least 59 guns and 50,000 rounds of ammunition, Douglas County sheriff’s investigators...…By | and | | The Denver PostThe 61-year-old Douglas County man claimed to be ex-special forces, a sniper who’d worked for the CIA.He called police to his home more than once, told them he’d been shot while checking the mail, or that he’d awoken to find silencer-toting hitmen in his bedroom. He bragged about shooting someone and threatened others. He held conversations with no one and routinely wore a tactical vest labeled “deputy sheriff” while stopping citizens to ask if everything was OK.And he owned at least 59 guns and 50,000 rounds of ammunition, Douglas County sheriff’s investigators...WW…