Three Bullets to the back: The striking silence around a police killing in small-town Colorado
This is a 3-part story about a police killing in rural Kiowa County and the reluctance of a pro-law community to hold law enforcement accountable.
Credit: Gifford Family Published: 10:04 AM MDT March 16, 2021 Updated: 10:04 AM MDT March 16, 2021
KIOWA COUNTY, Colo Part One
This is the first in a three-part series about an April 2020 police killing on the Eastern Plains that has been shrouded in silence at a time of national and statewide uproar over excessive force.
Nearly a year has passed since the local undersheriff and a rookie deputy gunned down handyman Zach Gifford in this Eastern Plains county where trust in law enforcement is a given.