🦄 Police

New Document: Denver Police Crowd Control Manual

The Denver Police Department’s Crowd Control Manual, as well as Department Directive 11-07 to which it is attached, have, as far as we know, not been available to the public until today. After requesting these documents under the Colorado Open Records Act, we received a…

🦄 Police

Unarmed Man in Moving Vehicle Shot & Killed by Aurora Police in Denver Chase, Violating Policy

Update (December 24, 2015) – The Denver Post has identified the deceased as Chan Lieth, a 25-year-old black man who graduated from Cherry Creek High School in 2010.
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Denver, CO – As a year marked by controversial high-profile police shootings draws to a close,…

🦄 Community, Social Control

City of Denver Cracks Down on its Homeless Community

Denver, CO – On December 16th, Unicorn Riot was on the ground as Denver PD evicted a homeless camp during a blizzard-like snowfall (pictured below) that day that measured eight inches. We learned later that police also attacked and evicted a camp that numbered in…