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Albuquerque

Civil Rights Government Regional 

Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over Horrific Murder of New Mexico Girl

February 9, 2021February 10, 2021 AMANDA PAMPURO
Albuquerque, children, murder, Wrongful Death

A missed bit of governmental hoop-jumping doomed the wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Albuquerque brought by grandparents of a 10-year-old girl who was brutally murdered by one of her mother’s boyfriends.

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Appeals Civil Rights Regional 

Albuquerque Urges 10th Circuit to Revive Ban on Median-Walking

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 AMANDA PAMPURO
10th circuit, Albuquerque, Free Speech, panhandling

The city of Albuquerque asked the 10th Circuit on Tuesday to support a ban on pedestrians along road medians, which a lower court struck down as a First Amendment-violating ban on panhandling.

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Civil Rights National 

Man Shot in Albuquerque Civil Rights Protest

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, Albuquerque, Confederate, Embassies, history, Kentucky, Maryland, protests, race, Shooting, South Korea, statues, United Nations

A man was shot Monday night as protesters in Albuquerque tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador outside the Albuquerque Museum.

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Civil Rights Education 

Abusive Teacher

January 9, 2020January 10, 2020 BRIEF
Albuquerque, discrimination, Native Americans, schools, teachers, teens

A Native American claims a teacher at Cibola High School in Albuquerque called her a “bloody Indian” in front of her 11th-grade English class, “moments after she cut off the braids of another female Native American student against her will in front of the same class,” in Bernalillo County Court.

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Civil Rights Criminal 

Mass Murders Have Latinos Worried About Being Targets

August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Albuquerque, discrimination, Guns, immigration, Latinos, Mass Shooting, poetry

When Albuquerque’s poet laureate arrived at an art show featuring Mexican-American women, the first thing she did was scan the room. Two exits. One security guard. If a shooter bursts in, she thought, how do my husband and I get out of here alive?

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Civil Rights Government Law 

Albuquerque Panhandling Law Ruled Unconstitutional

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, First Amendment, panhandling

A federal judge Thursday ruled that an Albuquerque law against panhandling violates the First Amendment, and invalidated all of it except parts “related directly to prohibiting pedestrians from standing in travel lanes.”

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Civil Rights Government 

‘Policing for Profit’ Lawsuit Survives in Albuquerque

April 3, 2018April 3, 2018 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, automotive, Constitution, forfeiture, Police

A federal judge refused Albuquerque’s request to dismiss a lawsuit that claims the city “polices for profit” by seizing vehicles for civil offenses.

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Civil Rights Government 

Albuquerque Agrees Not to Arrest Panhandlers — Yet

February 14, 2018 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, Constitution, panhandling

In a deal with the ACLU, Albuquerque agreed not to enforce an ordinance barring panhandlers from soliciting drivers or lingering on street medians and intersections — yet.

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Civil Rights Government 

ACLU Calls Albuquerque’s Panhandling Law ‘Entirely Irrational’

January 12, 2018 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, Constitution, panhandling

In a federal lawsuit against Albuquerque, two men and three women call its new ordinance against panhandling an unconstitutional attack on free speech and assembly.

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Civil Rights Education 

Albuquerque Schools Lashed in a Split Ruling

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, Cheerleaders, nudity, Photography, retaliation, schools, Social Media, teens

A federal judge issued a split ruling for a cheerleader who sued Albuquerque Public Schools for refusing to let her transfer high schools unless she promised not to sue after teammates took nude pictures of her and posted them on Snapchat.

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Courts Criminal Government 

Public Defender Ramps Up Fight Against Albuquerque Judges

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, detainees, judges, New Mexico, public defenders

New Mexico’s Chief Public Defender has filed a class action against the judges of Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, which covers Albuquerque, for failing to release felony detainees who wait more than 10 days before being seen by a judge.

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Civil Rights Personal Injury 

Woman Blames Albuquerque Jail for Her Baby’s Death

August 28, 2017December 4, 2017 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, inmates, Medicine, New Mexico, pregnancy, prisons

A woman whose baby died after she gave birth in the Albuquerque jail has sued Bernalillo County and the medical staff at its Metropolitan Detention Center, saying they ignored her pleas for help during labor.

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Personal Injury 

Albuquerque Cops Accused of Negligence in Little Girl’s Murder

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 EMMA GANNON
Albuquerque, children, murder, New Mexico

The grandparents of a 10-year-old girl sued Albuquerque this week, accusing it of failing to investigate the child’s mother, her boyfriend and his cousin, who are charged with first-degree murder: physically and sexually assaulting the girl until she died.

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Law 

Bogus! Judge Says, Tossing 99 Lawsuits, Recommending Sanctions

July 13, 2017November 13, 2017 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, bad faith, disability, Sanctions

Recommending dismissal of 99 Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuits against businesses as malicious and filed in bad faith, Albuquerque’s chief federal magistrate judge also suggested the woman may be on the hook for almost $40,000 in filing fees.

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Civil Rights Government Technology 

Spy Tech So Secret Police Can’t Even Say They Have It

July 10, 2017June 28, 2018 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, cellphones, FOIA, immigration, Police, Surveillance

The ACLU sued Albuquerque for information on how its police use Stingray cellphone spying technology, and whether they use it for immigration enforcement, but Albuquerque claims all such records are confidential — including whether they use Stingrays at all.

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Uncategorized 

Albuquerque Firefighter Sued in Drive-By Tragedy

June 29, 2017June 29, 2017 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, firefighters, New Mexico, Wrongful Death

A teenage boy was shot in the chest at a party. As a friend tried to save him and called 911 for help, an Albuquerque firefighter hung up on her because she used a curse word, and the boy died, his parents say in a lawsuit against the firefighter.

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Appeals Media 

‘Wannabe Cop’ Is Not Defamation, Appeals Court Rules

May 30, 2017May 31, 2017 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, defamation, newspapers, Police

The Albuquerque Journal did not defame an Albuquerque police reserve officer it described as a “wannabe cop,” the New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled.

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Civil Rights Government Personal Injury 

Kidnap Victim Calls Albuquerque Police Pathetic

May 26, 2017May 26, 2017 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, Constitution, Police, sex discrimination

The beleaguered Albuquerque Police Department has been sued again, this time by a kidnap victim who says officers didn’t even bother to knock on the door the second time she called 911 for help.

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Civil Rights 

Albuquerque Police to Scale Back Misdemeanor Arrests

May 22, 2017May 22, 2017 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, arrests, misdemeanors, Police, Settlement

The chief of the embattled Albuquerque Police Department has ordered his officers to stop arresting people for certain nonviolent misdemeanors, including possession of marijuana, prostitution and shoplifting less than $500 worth of goods.

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Civil Rights Courts 

Federal Monitor Slams Albuquerque Police Top Brass

May 3, 2017May 3, 2017 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
Albuquerque, Excessive Force, Justice Department, Police, reforms, Settlement

The beleaguered Albuquerque Police Department got more bad news Tuesday in a report from an independent monitor who called the lack of scrutiny from its top brass in use-of-force cases so “mystifying” and “startling” as to be “deliberate non-compliance.”

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