Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part collaboration between The Colorado Independent and The Rio Blanco Herald Times. Part one was published yesterday, read it here before beginning part two. If you are a print or online edition subscriber, the full story (parts one and two) are both included in the Nov. 7 edition. Our Editor’s Column this week lays out our reasoning for pursuing this story, which is not our usual fare.
Through the Cracks: A stranger, a police shooting, and a rural town’s silence (Part 2)
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Wow…..well done!
The well done is for the article.
Such tradgedy. Will we lean something from this and move forward or will we stay stuck in the early 1900’s? When the pubic knows here is nothing being said officials about why steps are being taken to address situations like this, we wonder what you have to hide.
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What a great article, so very grateful for it. Roy Kinney arrested me probably 24 years ago, I wasn’t doing anything that bad, going through a wrecked vehicle in the middle of the night, I think I stole a cassette tape and a roll of duct tape from it. I was young and going through a time when I was constantly getting into trouble. He told me something that I still remember, he said “if I were you, I would leave Rangely, you need to get out of here”. Some of the best advice I’ve ever received.
Sorry to read about the circumstances that led to his stepping down. Great journalism and a very hard subject to approach especially in RBC.