Crime and Gangs
Street Gangs: There Is No Easy Answer
Recent headlines have once again focused our attention on the bewildering phenomenon of seemingly random gang related killings. What we might have considered an aberration for Colorado has become a trend. Darrent Williams was not the first fatality and he won't be the last. Last summer, in the space of only two weeks, the Front Range saw four gang related murders. Almost two years ago, on June 20, 2005, we witnessed one of the most heartbreaking gang killings in Colorado history.
Denver - a Gang Problem?
The murder of the Denver Broncos' cornerback, Darrent Williams early on New Year's morning brought to the surface a problem that has been brewing in Colorado, and especially the metro-Denver area, for years -- street gangs, and the growing propensity for extreme violence.
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Featured Editor - Mark Hillman
Mark Hillman is a Colorado native, a farmer, "recovering journalist" and a former Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate. He also served as Colorado's acting State Treasurer and was elected to leadership posts for five of his seven years in the Senate.