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DPD: Cop Killed Man on Clermont Street After Watching Him Murder His Dad

By Michael RobertsFebruary 15, 2018

A Denver Police Department commander says that the cop at the center of an officer-involved shooting on the 2200 block of South Clermont Street, east of the DU campus, late on Tuesday, February 13, would have been justified in immediately shooting the suspect he encountered, since he was threatening his aged father with both a gun and a knife. Instead, the officer tried to convince the man to give up peacefully and only fired after the man shot his dad in the head. Both father and son died shortly thereafter.

Why Many Coloradans Are Being Left Behind Despite Booming Economy

By Michael RobertsFebruary 15, 2018

As we’ve reported, many workers in Denver and beyond are finding it hard to make a living despite Colorado’s sustained economic boom. A new report provides insight about this apparent paradox by turning the spotlight on Coloradans struggling to make ends meet thanks in part to high housing costs, expensive child care and wages that have barely increased in real dollars during the past two decades.

Why Colorado Tokers Love Alien Dream

By Herbert FuegoFebruary 14, 2018

I desperately tried to tiptoe around the flu bug that just swept through Denver, popping vitamin C and obsessively washing my hands for weeks. Didn’t matter. Within twelve hours of feeling a tickle in my throat, fluids were exiting my body as though I were a Civil War soldier stricken…

Jeremy Hubbard and D-Mac Twitter War Over DIA Train Voice Gig

By Michael RobertsFebruary 14, 2018

Our post yesterday about The Fan’s Darren “D-Mac” McKee calling out Fox31 anchor Jeremy Hubbard amid a hilarious rant about a contest to choose new voices for Denver International Airport train announcements helped launch a highly entertaining Twitter war. Amid the mayhem, Hubbard called D-Mac a “nimrod” and said the radio host was so unmemorable that he couldn’t recall meeting him, while D-Mac ripped into DIA for botching the competition concept even though it’s generating more attention than the airport’s PR staff could ever have imagined.

Police Shooting East of DU: Suspect Critical

By Michael RobertsFebruary 14, 2018

At this hour, investigators are at the scene of an officer-involved shooting on the 2200 block of South Clermont Street, in a neighborhood not far from the University of Denver. At last report, the person shot by a member of the Denver Police Department is in critical condition. The incident marks the fifteenth officer-involved shooting along Colorado’s Front Range since New Year’s Eve, as well as the sixth in nine days. It’s also the second DPD officer-involved shooting since February 5.

Unjust Firings for Colorado Marijuana Users: Inside a New Fix

By Michael RobertsFebruary 14, 2018

Even though Coloradans voted to legalize medical marijuana use in 2000 and recreational pot sales in 2012, employers in the state can still legally sack workers who score positive for cannabis on drug tests. But the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws’ local branch is trying to change that. Denver NORML executive director Jordan Person says the organization is currently looking for Colorado legislators to sponsor a bill that would prevent businesses from, in her words, “firing people on Wednesday for performing a lawful activity on Saturday.”

Erik Soliván, Mayor Hancock’s Housing Czar, Has Resigned

By Chris WalkerFebruary 13, 2018

The Hancock administration decided in January to fold the office of HOPE under the Office of Economic Development. That came along with a job posting for a new “Chief Housing Officer” that will oversee HOPE, a $20 million budget and up to twenty employees dedicated to housing issues. The job posting closed yesterday, February 12, the same day HOPE head Erik Soliván resigned.

Civil Rights Groups Resist Defunding of Anti-Discrimination Enforcement Agency

By Nora OlabiFebruary 13, 2018

Republicans on the powerful joint-budget committee voted on Thursday to withhold funding from the Colorado Civil Rights Division, which is charged with investigating and enforcing anti-discrimination cases across the state. With the agency facing a sunset review this year, Republicans are keen on holding agency funding hostage to restructure the agency. This comes right in the midst of a U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit between a same-sex couple and a Colorado baker who refused to make their wedding cake.

Yet Another State Legislator Facing Sexual-Harassment Allegations

By Nora OlabiFebruary 13, 2018

Since November, several sexual harassment claims have surfaced against sitting members of the Colorado General Assembly on both sides of the political aisle. This time, Denver House Democrat Susan Lontine has publicly accused Senate colleague Larry Crowder of pinching her butt and making inappropriate comments.

Colorado’s Won More 2018 Winter Olympic Medals Than 81 Countries

By Michael RobertsFebruary 13, 2018

Last night, Arielle Gold, who we introduced you to in our post about Colorado women taking part in the 2018 Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang, South Korea, earned a bronze medal in snowboarding, sharing the podium with gold medalist/instant superstar Chloe Kim. She’s the second Coloradan to medal in the games thus far, following Red Gerard, highlighted in our Colorado men at the 2018 Winter Olympics roundup, who took the gold in snowboard slopestyle. At this writing, if Colorado was a country, it would have won more medals than 81 of 93 countries, territories or entities taking part in the competition.

The Fan’s D-Mac Rips Fox31’s Jeremy Hubbard in DIA Train Contest Rant

By Michael RobertsFebruary 13, 2018

As our Patricia Calhoun has reported, the search for new voices to announce stops on the Denver International Airport trains has turned into a highly unusual and kinda awkward contest in which travelers and other interested parties can vote for their favorites among five women and five men in local media. But last night, one prominent personality not on the finals list made himself heard loud and clear. During his regular afternoon-drive show on 104.3 The Fan, Darren “D-Mac” McKee, a recent Westword profile subject, went off on a hilarious rant about his exclusion and the continued participation of Fox31 anchor Jeremy Hubbard, whose voice, he believes, isn’t nearly as memorable as his hair.

Denver Slapped for Trying to Destroy Kratom From Store Targeted Under Ban

By Michael RobertsFebruary 13, 2018

Around noon on November 20, 2017, mere hours after Denver Environmental Health announced a ban on the sale of kratom for human consumption in the city, DEH representatives stormed into the 5800 East Colfax Avenue branch of Myxed Up Creations, which had been selling the popular herbal pain reliever, and ordered stock valued in the thousands of dollars to be destroyed on the spot. Michael Gross, the shop’s attorney, who likened the action to “a commando raid,” managed to prevent the supply from being trashed, and now the agency’s own board is allowing the kratom in question to be transferred to Myxed Up’s sister stores outside the city limits after criticizing the way the matter was handled. But as many as fourteen other businesses in Denver weren’t so lucky.

Denver Dabbles in Affordable Housing-Focused Zoning, Thanks to…?

By Ana CampbellFebruary 12, 2018

The changes would require that developers that want to build above a certain height in the area pay five times the city’s affordable housing fee per square footage, build a certain number of affordable housing units if it’s a residential building, or implement in any commercial development services that go toward the community, like daycare or space for artists.

8 Suspects, 3 Cops Killed in 42 Days During 14 CO Officer-Involved Shootings

By Michael RobertsFebruary 12, 2018

Counting the New Year’s Eve gun battle that killed Douglas County Deputy Zackari Parrish, there have been fourteen officer-involved shootings along Colorado’s Front Range over a span of 42 days. This total includes a traffic stop on Saturday, February 10 in Aurora during which an adult male was killed by a member or members of the Aurora Police Department — the fifth OIS in less than a week. During these incidents, eight suspects and three officers have been killed and at least eleven injuries took place involving law enforcers and others.