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Denver, CO. Lawsuit Filed Against the Sweeps and the City’s Ongoing Violations of Lawsuit Settlement

Plaintiff speaks at press conference today announcing the lawsuit Today, October 5th 2020, a lawsuit and motion for preliminary injunction was filed against the City of Denver for violating constitutional rights of homeless individuals, and violating the agreed upon settlement from Lyall…

San Francisco, CA. Cited in Plain Sight: How California Polices Being Black, Brown and Unhoused in Public!

The release of our new report revealed thousands of non-traffic infractions are disproportionately enforced on Black, Latinx and unhoused Californians each year, primarily for behavior that amounts to simply existing in public: sitting, sleeping, and loitering (standing). Here are resources…

Denver, Co. Arrested for being Black and Homeless

City Arrests and Takes Property of Houseless People with No Notice Today, September 10th 2020, the police arrested two black homeless men – one for being 6 minutes late to move his stuff, the other for supposed threats – after…

UNBELIEVABLE! City Plans Sweep of 300 People April 30 in the Midst of COVID-19 State of Emergency: Days after DHOL Places Toilets and Hand Washing Stations the City Moves to Sweep With No Housing Option Given. Denver, CO.

Just when you thought Mayor Hancock couldn’t be any more cruel, HE UPS THE CRUELTY SCALE&!@# Today, April 23rd 2020, the City posted notice of a mass sweep on April 30th of all the encampments from 20th to 23rd, from…

City Backs off from Jail Sentence due to Community Voice!! Denver Homeless Out Loud Reports

On Thursday 8/24/17 the city attorneys backed off their original effort to throw Terese in jail for 30 days for the survival ban ticket which violated her probation from sitting in a tiny home. After seeing that the public would…

Denver Government Trying to Throw People in Jail for Survival Ban via Probation – When: August 24th 2017 at 8:30am Where: Lindsey Flanagan Court House (520 W Colfax Ave, Denver CO 80204)

When: August 24th 2017 at 8:30am Where: Lindsey Flanagan Court House (520 W Colfax Ave, Denver CO 80204) On August 24th 2017 at 8:30am Terese Howard will go to court to face a sentencing of 30 days in jail for…

Denver Homeless Outloud – Motion for Summary Judgment Filed in Landmark Lawsuit and the People Marched Together for our Rights

Denver, CO: In April of this year, WRAP Core Member Denver Homeless Outloud (DHOL) participated in the filing of one of the largest class actions of poor and dispossessed persons in US history fighting sweeps and stealing of people’s possessions.…

U.S. District Court Certifies One of the Largest Homeless Class Actions in American History!!!

Today, the United States District Court of Colorado, Judge William J. Martinez, certified class action status for Denver homeless persons challenging the wide-spread and systemic constitutional deprivations known as the Denver Homeless Sweeps. It is one of the largest class…

WRAP’s 2016 Annual Report

WRAP 2016 Annual Report is out and about, even though it is the first one we have done in the 12 years WRAP has been in existence! But we thought this year, more than ever, it was important to remind…