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🦄 Investigative

Denver Paid Clean-Up Company $400,000 to Help in Houseless Sweeps

November 27, 2018December 2, 2018

Denver, CO – For at least two years, the city of Denver has been contracting Custom Environmental Services, Inc. (CES) to assist in clearing out camps of people without housing. Unicorn Riot filed Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests and received about 50 invoices sent…

🦄 Police , 🦄 Social Control

Denver Police, City Workers Throw Away Belongings Amid Lawsuit

July 16, 2018October 15, 2018

Denver, CO – On July 9 and 12, 2018, Denver Homeless Out Loud (DHOL), an advocacy group for people without housing, published two videos documenting Denver police and city workers seizing people’s belongings and throwing them away; also known as “sweeps.”
These ongoing sweeps continue…

🦄 Social Control

Class-Action Against Denver for Criminalizing Houselessness Moves Forward

May 11, 2018November 4, 2019

Denver, CO – The class-action lawsuit against Denver, which claims that the city has been repeatedly violating the constitutional rights of residents without housing, was officially ordered to move forward by Judge William Martínez on March 26, 2018, when he denied the motions for summary…

🦄 Community , 🦄 Social Control

Fourth Push for Homeless Bill of Rights in Colorado Legislature

March 14, 2018October 15, 2018

UPDATE: After seven hours of testimony including over 100 people testifying in favor of the Homeless Bill of Rights and about five testifying against, the bill was voted down for the fourth year in a row with a vote of 10-3.

Denver, CO – For…

🦄 Community

Denver Park Rangers Take Sleeping Bag, Tent from Houseless Man in 25 Degree Weather

November 12, 2017March 18, 2018

Denver, CO – On Tuesday, November 7, 2017, despite below freezing temperatures and snowfall, daily sweeps of unhoused Denver residents continued.
As usual, Denver police, city workers, and park rangers descended on people keeping warm under blankets and inside their tents and told them to…

🦄 Community , 🦄 Direct Action , 🦄 Police

Denver Human Rights Activist and Community Organizer, Terese Howard, Faces Up to 30 Days in Jail

August 24, 2017August 24, 2017

UPDATE (8/24/17 at 11:30 AM MDT): On Thursday morning during the press conference outside the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse in Denver, Terese Howard spoke to a group of supporters and fellow activists about the city’s back-tracking:
Because of a lot of the public pressure that has ensued…

🦄 Community

Class-Action Lawsuit Against Denver: Motions Filed for Summary Judgement

August 15, 2017March 18, 2018

Denver, CO – On Monday morning, August 14, 2017, Denver Homeless Out Loud, along with other advocacy groups and lawyers, held a press conference outside the Denver City and County Building (City Hall) to shed light on new developments in the class-action lawsuit against the…


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