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@lilmikesf@c.im
2025-07-27 21:35:23

Rural #Colorado town with less than 10,000 population has hyped up #cowboy #cops whose excessive force incidents are on dramatic rise, far outpacing #Denver

Violent police encounters and excessive-force allegations have become more common in recent years in this city of 9,000 tucked in Colorado's northwest corner. Craig has seen just three police shootings in its recorded history, and they've all occurred since 2023 — a per-capita incident rate 20 times higher than Denver's.
Meanwhile, the city paid out at least $400,000 to settle three separate claims of excessive force by the Craig Police Department within a 10- month period in 2020 and 2021. Several times, police have used force on individuals, only to later discover they had stopped the wrong person, Sam Tabachnik reports.