Tag: Tim Macdonald
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Colorado jury awards $3.76 million, finds two Denver Police officers guilty of constitutional violations
A Denver jury on Friday awarded $3.76 million to a 78-year-old Montbello resident after finding two Denver Police officers guilty of violating her constitutional rights. Ruby Johnson, a retired postal worker, lived in the same home in Montbello for more than 40 years. On Jan. 4, 2022, a Denver Police Department SWAT team carried out…
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New ACLU legal director Tim Macdonald on mentors and today’s top civil rights issues
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tim Macdonald always believed lawyers have a responsibility to give back to their communities and represent disenfranchised people. Now he’s stepping away from corporate law and taking his talents to the ACLU of Colorado full time. The organization picked Macdonald as its new legal director,…
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ACLU of Colorado names Tim Macdonald as legal director
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The ACLU of Colorado has chosen its first new legal director in nearly 30 years. Tim Macdonald, who led a landmark trial last year over Denver police’s use of force during the 2020 George Floyd protests, will replace retiring Mark Silverstein. Macdonald comes to the…