Tag: Qualified Immunity
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10th Circuit says Lakewood sergeant has immunity for fatally shooting man in burning basement
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver-based federal appeals court agreed on Thursday that a Lakewood police sergeant did not violate a man’s constitutional rights by shooting and killing him while trying to evacuate him from a burning basement. Jason Waterhouse was behaving erratically when he barricaded himself in the…
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10th Circuit ponders immunity for Loveland officer who shot puppy in head
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of the Denver-based federal appeals court heard arguments on Wednesday about whether a Loveland police officer violated a couple’s constitutional rights by shooting their puppy in the head and torso. In November 2023, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Raymond P. Moore declined to grant…
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Denver District Attorney candidates spar over qualified immunity, prosecuting “low-level” crimes ahead of June primary
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The two-pony race to become Denver’s next district attorney is heating up and the two remaining candidates, John Walsh and Leora Joseph, took to the stage during a debate Tuesday night. The coming June primary will determine the sole name on the November ballot for…
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10th Circuit upholds immunity for Lafayette officers who used dog to bite unarmed man
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Lafayette police officers who deployed a dog to bite an unarmed, allegedly unconscious man for 15-20 seconds cannot be held liable for excessive force, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled last week. Adrian Martinez was lying in the fetal position in a locked…
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Colorado officers who killed, wounded vehicle occupants in car chase granted immunity
A late-night vehicle pursuit through Littleton, Englewood and Denver that left a driver partially paralyzed and a passenger dead has now culminated in a federal judge’s decision to grant immunity to the police officers involved. There was no caselaw, Rodriguez concluded, labeling the officers’ use of force unconstitutional “in the context of a car chase…