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COLLEEN SLEVIN

COLLEEN SLEVIN

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Elephants can't pursue their release from a Colorado zoo because they're not human, court says

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but do not have the legal right to pursue their release since they aren't human

Elephants can't pursue their release from a Colorado zoo because they're not human, court says
Crime|News|US

Trial begins in Elijah McClain death, which sparked outrage over racial injustice in policing

Four years after Elijah McClain died after being stopped by police in Colorado, two of the police officers charged in his death are set to go on trial

Trial begins in Elijah McClain death, which sparked outrage over racial injustice in policing
Crime|News|US

Officers who put Elijah McClain in neck hold ignored pleas of 'I can't breathe,' prosecutors say

Prosecutors in Colorado say two Denver-area police officers who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold ignored his pleas that he couldn’t breathe

Officers who put Elijah McClain in neck hold ignored pleas of 'I can't breathe,' prosecutors say
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Prosecutors seek to show enhanced bodycam video of Elijah McClain's fatal encounter with police

Colorado prosecutors are focusing on police body camera footage — both raw and digitally enhanced — as they build their case against two officers charged in the death of Elijah McClain

Prosecutors seek to show enhanced bodycam video of Elijah McClain's fatal encounter with police
Crime|News|Uncategorized|US|Videos

Video of Elijah McClain's stop by police shown as officers on trial in Black man's death

Elijah McClain’s mother left a Colorado courtroom in tears as prosecutors showed jurors disturbing video footage of the 2019 confrontation with police in a Denver suburb that led to McClain's death

Video of Elijah McClain's stop by police shown as officers on trial in Black man's death
Crime|News|US

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officers

The trial of two Denver-area police officers charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death is underway this week

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officers
Crime|News|US

Mom of Colorado man killed by police after taking ‘heroic’ actions to stop gunman settles with city

A Colorado city has reached a nearly $2.8 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by the mother of a man killed by police after taking heroic actions to stop a gunman who had shot another officer

Mom of Colorado man killed by police after taking ‘heroic’ actions to stop gunman settles with city
Crime|News|US

Suzanne Morphew's remains found 3 years after she went missing in Colorado. What happened to her?

The discovery of Suzanne Morphew’s remains three years after the Colorado woman went missing is raising new questions about what happened to her

Suzanne Morphew's remains found 3 years after she went missing in Colorado. What happened to her?
Crime|News|US

Attempt to pass a tanker may have led to the deadly chemical crash in Illinois, official says

A federal transportation official says a fatal tanker truck crash in central Illinois that released a deadly chemical may have started when another vehicle tried to pass the truck on a highway

Attempt to pass a tanker may have led to the deadly chemical crash in Illinois, official says
Business|Lifestyle|News|Opinion|US

Colorado high court to hear case against Christian baker who refused to make LGBTQ-themed cake

Colorado’s highest court says it will hear the case of a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition

Colorado high court to hear case against Christian baker who refused to make LGBTQ-themed cake
Crime|News|Opinion|US

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officers

Defense attorneys for two Denver-area police officers charged in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain are trying to cast doubt on whether a neck hold by police contributed to his death

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officers
Crime|News|US

Neck hold used on Elijah McClain emerges as focal point in officers' trial over his 2019 death

A neck hold that Denver-area police used on Elijah McClain prior to the Black man’s 2019 death lasted only seconds

Neck hold used on Elijah McClain emerges as focal point in officers' trial over his 2019 death
Crime|News

Man accused of killing 10 at Colorado supermarket in 2021 is ruled mentally competent to stand trial

A judge has ruled that the man accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is mentally competent to stand trial

Man accused of killing 10 at Colorado supermarket in 2021 is ruled mentally competent to stand trial
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Prosecutors say Elijah McClain was just walking home as jury urged to convict officers in his death

Prosecutors seeking a conviction of two Colorado police officers in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain have implored a jury during closing arguments to remember that he was just trying to walk home on the night of the fatal encounter

Prosecutors say Elijah McClain was just walking home as jury urged to convict officers in his death
Crime|News|US

1 of 2 Colorado officers convicted in Elijah McClain's death after neck hold, ketamine injection

Jurors have convicted a Denver-area police officer and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing

1 of 2 Colorado officers convicted in Elijah McClain's death after neck hold, ketamine injection
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What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics

Jurors delivered a split verdict against two officers charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain during the first of several trials over the Black man’s fatal confrontation with police while walking home in suburban Denver, convicting one and clearing the other

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics
Crime|News|US

Truck driver killed when train derailment collapses Colorado bridge, spilling coal cars onto highway

Authorities in Colorado say a truck driver was killed when a train derailed near Pueblo, Colorado, and caused a railroad bridge to collapse onto a major highway

Truck driver killed when train derailment collapses Colorado bridge, spilling coal cars onto highway
Crime|News|US|Videos

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics

Prosecutors say a Denver area police officer who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before he was injected with ketamine by paramedics bears responsibility for the Black man’s 2019 death

What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics
Crime|News|US

Colorado men accused of taking photo after rock-throwing death will stand trial for murder

Three men charged in the death of a 20-year-old driver who was hit in the head by a rock that crashed through her windshield in Colorado will stand trial on murder and other charges

Colorado men accused of taking photo after rock-throwing death will stand trial for murder
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

Marlon Wayans says he is being unfairly prosecuted after being racially targeted by gate agent

Actor and comedian Marlon Wayans says he is being unfairly being prosecuted for disturbing the peace over a dispute with an airline employee he claims targeted him because of his race

Marlon Wayans says he is being unfairly prosecuted after being racially targeted by gate agent
Crime|News|US|World

Former NSA worker pleads guilty to trying to sell US secrets to Russia

A former National Security Agency employee from Colorado has pleaded guilty to trying to sell classified information to Russia

Former NSA worker pleads guilty to trying to sell US secrets to Russia
Crime|News|US

Police say armed man killed himself instead of carrying out apparent plan to attack amusement park

Police say a heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out an apparent plan to attack at a Colorado amusement park

Police say armed man killed himself instead of carrying out apparent plan to attack amusement park
Crime|News|US

Officer charged in Elijah McClain's death says he feared for his life after disputed gun grab

A police officer charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain has testified that he put the 23-year-old Black man in a neck hold because he feared for his life

Officer charged in Elijah McClain's death says he feared for his life after disputed gun grab
Crime|News|US

911 call shows man suspected in plan to attack Colorado amusement park was found dead near a ride

The body of a heavily armed man who authorities suspected was planning a “heinous” attack at a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado was discovered with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the bathroom at a building that houses a ride that drops 110-feet deep into caverns

911 call shows man suspected in plan to attack Colorado amusement park was found dead near a ride
Crime|News|US

Jurors deliberating in manslaughter trial of officer who used neck hold on Elijah McClain

Jurors began deliberations Friday in the case of a Colorado police officer who stopped Elijah McClain as he walked home from the store and put the 23-year-old Black man in a neck hold

Jurors deliberating in manslaughter trial of officer who used neck hold on Elijah McClain

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