Stripped of qualified immunity, Colorado police officers turn to common law to seek protection from lawsuits By Shelly Bradbury November 12, 2024 at 6:03 a.m. Civil rights attorneys say the fallback to common law is designed to keep law enforcement...
Four killed in murder-suicide at eastern Colorado home By Katie Langford June 12, 2024 at 12:37 p.m. Four people were killed in an apparent murder-suicide at a La Junta home late Tuesday...
Man paralyzed during body camera-taped encounter with La Junta police settles federal lawsuit By Jesse Paul June 19, 2017 at 4:24 p.m. Donovan Duran, who was paralyzed from the chest down in a December 2015 encounter with two...
State authorities assisting officers in La Junta in man’s suspicious death By Jesse Paul September 23, 2016 at 11:55 a.m. State authorities are assisting officers in La Junta as they investigate the suspicious death last...
Video shows La Junta man’s paralysis during police encounter By Jesse Paul June 14, 2016 at 3:14 p.m. The Denver Post has obtained the graphic body camera footage showing the encounter between a...