Charges dropped for Denver court observer who was briefly detained by ICE, ACLU says

A volunteer court observer will not be prosecuted after being briefly detained and cited at the Denver Immigration Court in June.

The volunteer court observer, who hasn’t been publicly identified, was detained at the Byron Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse for “attempting to bear witness to the anti-immigrant tactics of the current administration,” according to a press release from the Colorado chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

The person was detained while Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were arresting a man outside immigration court. The ACLU announced on Nov. 25 that the charges were dropped, but it has declined to name the person or say what charge or charges they faced.

The observer was with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a gr