Denver paid out $39.5 million to resolve large claims, including lawsuits, against the city from 2017 to 2023, with more than a quarter stemming for the 2020 racial justice protests.
In June 2020, as Black Lives Matter protests filled Denver's streets, the city's walls and streets were also painted with images and messages of the movement. But a lot of that art was temporary.
Four years after Elijah McClain lost his life at the hands of Colorado police, a jury on Thursday came to a split decision regarding the two officers involved in the 23-year-old’s death.