Colorado Attorneys Against Police Violence

06/01/2021

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05/28/2021

supports hb 21-1315 because we believe that children and their families should not be forced into debtors prisons and because we believe that state-sanctioned financial violence is just that: violent.



https://coloradosun.com/2021/05/23/eliminating-juvenile-justice-fees-opinion/?fbclid=IwAR1OzDrQ1MC_HLS7LdsgqkstwtCZUGuvdjdGf-Ht06tXf3tmIKXWSAVKbHo

Colorado lawmakers have a chance to stop the damaging and unproductive practice of charging administrative fees and costs to children in the juvenile system and their families. As a state legislator committed to Colorado’s youth and families, racial equity, and economic justice, I’m proud to spo...

05/25/2021

one year ago, george floyd was murdered under officer chauvin’s knee. in that same year, 967 people were killed by police, according to the washington post. the work is far from over.

rest in power, george.

Since 2015, The Post has created a database cataloging every fatal shooting nationwide by a police officer in the line of duty.

05/19/2021

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/19/karen-garner-police-arrested-assault-charges/

Two former Loveland police officers will face criminal charges following the violent arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia, online court records show.

05/19/2021

it’s almost always legal for police to lie to obtain a confession, and false confessions are a leading cause of wrongful convictions.

https://innocenceproject.org/police-deception-lying-interrogations-youth-teenagers/?fbclid=IwAR3fRlgZxYcovRm0gqOXOp7L1hayBYy2GxTocJb8yEIQjrbBZ3embdWkz5I

The police can legally lie to you during an interrogation and young people are especially vulnerable to their tactics.

04/26/2021

you can’t reform this.

The Loveland police officers who violently arrested a 73-year-old woman with dementia laughed about the incident afterward and congratulated themselves about the arrest, video released Monday by th…

04/19/2021

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Join us in showing support for protestors charged with crimes and in demanding the DA Mason and DA Kellner dismiss the charges against *all* protestors. Tell DAs Mason and Kellner what we know: these arrests and charging decisions were politically motivated and intended to chill the speech of protestors.

Signatures will be collected through 5/1/21, when the signed letter will be sent to the 17th and 18th District Attorneys Offices.

Petition link here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpe6M4zQneh5lnNa-_QkgmltQlHDAniUSn8I_Opy8y8J2OtA/viewform

Share far and wide - and if you are sending by email to your networks, we dropped a form email in the comments.

TO SIGN THE LETTER, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, FILL IN THE FIELDS, AND HIT SUBMIT. We are concerned members of the Colorado community who join Colorado Attorneys Against Police Violence in voicing our support for people who have been arrested in peaceful protest of police misconduct. Followin...

03/19/2021

stands with public defenders and their fight to stop the violent carceral machine.

03/15/2021

our friends at Colorado Criminal Defense Bar are championing a bill to make important changes to colorado's felony murder law, which will be heard in senate judiciary committee THIS THURSDAY.

contact your senator and tell them to SUPPORT sb 21-124! let them know that this is an issue that is important to our community and that no one deserves to be in prison forever for a murder they didn't commit!

find your senator here: https://leg.colorado.gov/find-my-legislator

03/13/2021

breonna was sleeping. breonna should be alive.