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Pro-immigrant activists with Occupy Denver file suit against DIA and DPD, challenge airport free speech “permit”

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- Civil liberties champion David Lane has filed a complaint in US district court challenging Denver’s office of the city attorney for instituting a permit process at DIA to prevent public protest. Holding signs has become impermissible at the … Continue reading →

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The Lindsey Flanigan Courthouse Plaza protest timeline (July 2015 – present)

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Eric Verlo

UPDATED: This is a timeline of the legal battle which began in July 2015 over activists’s right to protest in the Lindsey Flanigan Courthouse Plaza. It explains why activists with Occupy Denver did not believe they were being given lawful … Continue reading →

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Monk Brown arrest record with Adams County escalates to being beaten up.

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Eric Brandt

BREAKING: ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO– COUNTY SHERIFFS BEAT UP HOMELESS PANHANDLER AND TRY TO THROW HIM UNDER MOVING CAR. VIDEO CONFISCATED FROM OTHER HOMELESS MAN. (On March 9, Adrian Brown filed a federal civil rights lawsuit through the law offices … Continue reading →

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David, Goliath, and Eric Brandt

Posted on January 21, 2016 by David Lee Anderson

I must confess, I’m no fan of the Bible, I’ve never understood how a man’s lips are moving and it is called the word of god. The same is true with the written word, the pen is in the hand … Continue reading →

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All in a day’s work

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Eric Brandt

10TH US CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, DENVER, COLORADO- By 9:00 this morning I had been arrested by federal police for asserting a person’s right to enter a federal courthouse and observe an open court proceeding where the federal government denies … Continue reading →

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Denver activists seek court injunction to stop jury nullification arrests

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- Civil rights attorney David Lane will address Federal District Court on Monday seeking an injunction to stop the City of Denver from arresting activists distributing fliers to inform fellow citizens about the legal concept of Jury Nullification. UPDATE: … Continue reading →

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Delayed Habeas Corpus for Eric Brandt, then two Westminster kangaroo courts, despite $3,500 bond being paid.

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Eric Verlo

WESTMINSTER, COLORADO- It was quite a day for Eric “Fuck Cops” Brandt, in custody at the Denver County Jail since Monday August 10, as usual for exercising his First Amendment rights. Even by Wednesday the jail wouldn’t allow Eric visitors … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: Denver DA Mitch Morrissey to be subpoenaed in jury tampering case of Mark Iannicelli and Eric Brandt!

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- Denver Judge Johnny C. Barajas wouldn’t produce Eric Brandt, who’s still being held in county jail without bond, he wouldn’t commit to joining Brandt’s case with that of Mark Iannicelli, he wouldn’t commit to granting a preliminary hearing, … Continue reading →

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Denver’s 2015 Punch and Judy Show

Posted on August 9, 2015 by David Lee Anderson

Come One, Come All! Admission: FREE FREE FREE! Where: Denver Municipal Court When: Tues, Aug 11, 2015, 1PM. Featuring MARK IANNICELLI in his premiere performance and David Lane as his big stick. As the drama unfolds, Mark will be … Continue reading →

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Eric Brandt and the horrible, very bad judge.

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Eric Verlo

WESTMINSTER, COLORADO- Eric Brandt was so sure he was going to jail he got a tattoo. The one-man-band of protest movements had court on August 3rd before Westminster Associate Judge Paul D. Basso, who’d declined on a technicality to give … Continue reading →

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Eric Brandt found not guilty of petty complaints of Westminster Colorado. He’s being denied a jury at next trial.

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Eric Verlo

WESTMINSTER, COLORADO- Homeless veteran Eric Brandt has been arrested 36 times by police officers angry about his “fuck cops” sign, often the arrests are violent. So far Eric has beat the charges but the City of Westminster is gunning for … Continue reading →

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City of Denver wins court battle to ignore the homeless, one arrest made

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- The trial of the Tattered Cover Five concluded this week. For three days a municipal court considered whether a complaint made against protesters drumming in front of the downtown Tattered Cover Bookstore should or should not curb the … Continue reading →

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CASE DISMISSED! City of Denver drops charges against Occupier Patrick Jay

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- Prosecuting attorneys for the City of Denver were granted their own motion to have their case against Patrick Jay dismissed for lack of evidence! Prominent civil rights lawyer David Lane was informed this weekend that all charges against … Continue reading →

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Arrests reach seven at weekly protest of two-faced Denver bookstore

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- Occupy Denver’s Tim Calahan and I were arrested and jailed at last Friday’s boycott action against the Tattered Cover Bookstore. This marked Tim’s third citation for drumming, my second, and Janet Matzen’s first. For drumming. Disturbing the peace … Continue reading →

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Ward Churchill wants his dollar back

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Eric Verlo

DENVER– Remember the dollar bill awarded to Professor Churchill last year because the jury took him at his word that return of his tenure at the University of Colorado was the chief demand of his lawsuit for unlawful dismissal? Judge … Continue reading →

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Judge Larry Naves mocks justice in Ward Churchill ruling

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Marie Walden

Yesterday Judge Larry Naves vacated the jury verdict in the Ward Churchill trial and refused to compel CU to reinstate Churchill saying that to do so would send a message to students that the University of Colorado “tolerates academic misconduct.” … Continue reading →

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Ward Churchill is not guilty of academic misconduct

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Marie Walden

Literary theorist and legal scholar, Stanley Fish, weighs in on the report of the “committee of faculty peers” that found Ward Churchill guilty of academic misconduct. “The verdict did not surprise me because I had read the committee’s report … Continue reading →

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Churchill juror Bethany Newill explains

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Marie Walden

A few interesting things about the Ward Churchill jury came to light today (a sigh of relief from Pirate Ballerina!). The jury thought — right up until the judge gave them their instructions — they were to determine whether Ward … Continue reading →

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Ward Churchill prevails over Western Civ

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- The jury ruled for Ward Churchill today, that he was wrongfully terminated, on the basis of his 9/11 essay, and that CU had no other justification to fire him. It remains for the judge to order the university to … Continue reading →

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Mimi Wesson has um big penis envy

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- And it’s a strange lot of penises she covets: there’s Bob Guccione, OJ Simpson, Michael Jackson, Bill Clinton and… Ward Churchill. In a private email in the midst of the CU firestorm over Churchill’s 9/11 essay, Wesson compared the … Continue reading →

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Ex RMN columnists stuck to their guns

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- Considering the villainous role the Rocky Mountain News played in the vilification of Ward Churchill, their insinuations having been thoroughly discredited in this trial, you’d think the RMN columnists now writing for the Denver Post would be self-conscious about … Continue reading →

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Churchill and his curiously vile detractors

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- There’s an interesting sideshow at the Churchill v CU case having to do with a cadre of unsavory Ward Churchill online critics. What they are writing is hardly interesting but their unceasing doggedness, repeating only ad hominem attacks, leads … Continue reading →

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Churchill lends trial his sonorous levity

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- Court Room 6 is packed once again as Ward Churchill takes the stand to detail his wrongful dismissal by CU. His testimony began yesterday afternoon, and Attorney David Lane is outlining the basis for damages. Churchill isn’t asking for … Continue reading →

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America on trial, past if not present

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- The Ward Churchill vs. CU trial continues today, featuring the much anticipated testimony of SCRUM hatchet chairwoman Mimi Wesson. But not before two dramatic points had already been made. First, that eugenics did play a part in the disenfranchisement … Continue reading →

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CU lawyer thinks it was Ward Churchill who may have violated 1st Amendment

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Eric Verlo

DENVER- CHURCHILL TRIAL, DAY TWO. University of Colorado defense attorney Patrick O’Rourke wanted the jury to understand that Freedom of Speech was a complicated matter. He asked Dean of CU’s law school, David Getches, to confirm “Is First Amendment Law … Continue reading →

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