Westword published more than a thousand news stories in 2020, covering everything from pit bulls and bitcoin companies to crime and COVID, COVID, COVID. Here are the ten that attracted the most readership...and, in one case, the largest load of nasty comments ever: The tragedy that befell Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after a torturous August 2019 encounter with Aurora police officers, didn't receive widespread national attention...until the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in May. As people across the country learned about the McClain case, a change.org petition focused on "justice for Elijah. Demand these officers are taken off duty, and that a more in-depth investigation is held." The petition quickly collected more than 2 million signatures, and the case itself is now the focus of multiple investigations.