July 23, 2020: Protester Left Partially Blind; Escaping Pandemic Through Fly Fishing
A Lakewood man lost his eye and suffered serious facial injuries after police intervened during a protest in Denver in May. Then, tracking increased deaths during the pandemic. Plus a…
Petition Asking RTD to Sever Ties with Security Company Gathers 3,000 Signatures
An online petition asking the Regional Transportation District to end its contract with Allied Universal has gotten more than 3,000 signatures. The motivation for the request was an April 2018 incident in…
Lawsuit Alleges Adams County Sheriff Retaliated Against Former Deputies Over Political Campaign, Violated Constitutional rights
Days after taking office in 2019, Adams County Sheriff Richard Reigenborn forced four senior members to resign because they’d supported his opponent in the sheriff’s race — then he filled…
Partially Blinded by the Police
Protests erupted in cities across the country on May 30, the Saturday after George Floyd’s death in police custody in Minneapolis. As law enforcement officers moved to clear the streets,…
July 16, 2020: A Brutal Attack Changed This Artist’s Life; Eviction Questions And Answers
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As #BlackLivesMatter Protests Reach Salt Lake City, Protesters Surround SLCPD and Utah State Capitol
After the release of a video of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, being murdered by Minneapolis police, protests sparked all over the country. On May 30, in downtown Salt…
Protests Bring To Mind Police Shootings In Utah
The death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis spurred protests against racial injustice in Salt Lake City and around the world. But the incident has some Utahns thinking…
Black Lives Matter Utah Founder Talks Racism, Police Brutality and What Needs to Happen Next
SALT LAKE CITY — Lex Scott is the founder of the Utah chapter of Black Lives Matter. She was born in Denver, Colorado, but moved with her family to Holladay…
Lawsuit Claims Racial Bias in Fatal Salt Lake Police Shooting of Black Man
SALT LAKE CITY — The children of a black man fatally shot by a Salt Lake police officer two years ago claim in a lawsuit that the killing reflects a…