This week’s cover story subject, Occupy Denver protester and medical marijuana voice Corey Donahue, has cornered his role in Denver activism through strategies that are occasionally illegal and never boring. Say what you like about him, (Occupy Denver’s Twitter account called him out this morning), but the man stays busy…
Laura Lichter, president-elect of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, describes prosecutorial discretion in the context of a police officer witnessing a bank robbery and jay-walking at the same time and knowing to stop the bank robber first. This is essentially the principal that is being put to work in the…
Update: Westword recently received a copy of Kilmer, Lane & Newman’s updated CORA request from investigator Christopher Dodd. The document is blunt: In it, Dodd references the existence of an Occupy movement-related U.S. Conference of Mayors conference call involving Mayor Michael Hancock’s staff and asks very specifically for any details…
This week’s federal court hearing between Occupy Denver and the city ended in a denied injunction but much food for thought. Lead plaintiffs attorney David Lane called the decision a civil rights tragedy and said Judge Robert Blackburn “ignored most of the evidence we put in front of him.” In…
This week’s feature story, “Tilting at Windmills,” profiles Corey Donahue, a modern-day Don Quixote, who keeps the cops and the courts in Denver very occupied. We featured Donahue on the cover, and in the following making-of video, art director Jay Vollmar reveals how the shot was created. Enjoy…
If you become confused by what you are about to read, you are not alone. It’s a story about confusion, about the misinformation that is so easy to spread through the Occupy movement, and it begins with a death that never happened. It ends, however, with a march: Last night,…
Update by Michael Roberts: Attorney David Lane doesn’t foresee appealing a court’s refusal to grant a temporary restraining order on behalf of Occupy Denver protesters, who claim their First Amendment rights have been systematically squelched. However, he has strong words for case overseer Judge Robert Blackburn, as well as the…
Following the announcement that Judge Robert Blackburn denied Occupy Denver’s request for a temporary restraining order against the City and County of Denver, Mayor Michael Hancock spoke — briefly — about the decision’s implications for the city. His take on the matter: Those implications are pretty darn good. Hancock calls…
At around the same time an Occupy Denver request for a temporary restraining order against the City and County of Denver was denied, the Denver Police Department released a slew of car-to-car text messages pertaining to the movement. Even Denver Police spokesman Lieutenant Matt Murray concedes that some of them…
Monday’s hearing in regard to Occupy Denver’s request for a temporary restraining order against the city and county is one indication of how far the movement has come in its short life span. In the little more than two months the movement has called Broadway its ideological home, the group…
It takes a while for Kerri Kellerman to remember the last time she had health insurance, and she laughs before she answers: 1995. It doesn’t really matter, though. Outside of her life with Occupy Denver, the 38-year-old has not seen a doctor since 1992. Outside of the occupation, she hasn’t…
Andrew Romanoff returns his calls, but it may take him a while. We dialed the ex-Colorado House speaker and Senate candidate for our November 22 interview with Democrat Joe Miklosi, who’s taking on Mike Coffman in the 6th Congressional District, about rumors that he was being urged to throw his…
Yesterday’s hearing for an injunction on behalf of Occupy Denver came with an unfair share of sarcasm and surprises, but one stood out far beyond the others: While one document from Officer James Henning suggested a plan to stay the current course until the occupation “wears itself out,” another found…
Today’s hearing over an Occupy Denver lawsuit targeting the city and county the group calls home began promptly with a look at the group’s history. Protester and photographer Tanner Spendley took the stand to get at the bleeding heart of why the plaintiff has filed an injunction to protect what…
Corey Donahue is a busy man. Click on his name and you will find a list of the Occupy Denver protester and medical marijuana activist’s most recent exploits, which this post will add to with restraining orders. A botched attempt to enter the State Capitol Tuesday afternoon resulted in his…
And so it begins. At a Monday hearing, Occupy Denver and the City and County of Denver will face off in a courtroom over attorney David Lane’s motion for an injunction against the enforcement of municipal ordinances seen as restricting the protest’s free speech — like, for instance, honks in…
The past two weeks have been a strange time in the lifespan of Occupy Denver. The absence of regular police altercations opens a different arena of political potential, and a strict legal response to donations and support has discouraged both while decreasing numbers. Some media outlets suggest giving up. But…
Colorado’s general assembly doesn’t convene until January, but Mark Ferrandino, who represents District 2, is already moving at full speed — and no wonder. As the newly elected House minority leader, and the first gay man to serve in this capacity, he’s got a big agenda, and he’s dedicated to…
It has been said that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but what about protest? Many of the most dedicated representatives of Occupy Denver have maintained some sort of residency with the movement on Broadway since its first month, and passions don’t just fly during Saturday rallies and the occasional…
Jeanette Vizguerra’s legal fight to stay in the United States is not finished yet, but it’s closer than ever to reaching the conclusion she, her family and supporters fear the most. Her request for a work visa that would allow her to pursue legal citizenship was denied…
Update: Two of the charges incurred by supporters of Occupy Denver in recent weeks were dropped over the weekend when the city attorney’s office decided against officially filing in both cases. The most notable of the two instances is that of Natalie Wyatt, who has since enlisted as a plaintiff…
When you’ve spent close to three decades as one of America’s leading opponents of capital punishment, you develop an understanding of what states truly have the will to execute their condemned. And Sister Helen Prejean, the Dead Man Walking author who’s in Aurora tonight for a public talk on vengeance,…
