Denver's population is 10% Black, yet 41% of jaywalking citations were given to Black residents -- just one of many reasons it was time to make this sensible change to the laws.
"We never want to have another example of an Elijah McClain. We never want to have another example of what happened in Memphis," says Cowgill. The latter is a reference to Tyre Nichols's deadly encounter with Memphis police after a traffic stop on January 7.shows that jaywalking is a racial justice issue in Denver.
And despite Denver's population being just 10 percent Black, 41 percent of the jaywalking citations were given to Black residents. Additionally, a quarter of the overall citations were issued to people identified as homeless, which is a gigantic overrepresentation of Denver's homeless population. "We reviewed individual summons provided by Denver County Court for individuals who were charged with both a jaywalking citation as well as an additional charge.
's popular shared-streets program, which the city established in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic to get more people walking and biking on streets like 16th Avenue. DOTI ended the initiative, in part because of a conflict in Denver law and the program. This new ordinance gets rid of that conflict.KEEP WESTWORD FREE..., it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver, and we'd like to keep it that way.
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