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Police in Denver say one of the attacks happened near the intersection of 11th & Corona (credit: CBS)

Police in Denver say one of the attacks happened near the intersection of 11th & Corona (credit: CBS)

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DENVER (CBS4)- Three more men have been attacked and robbed in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. The men were assaulted by a group of eight to ten men on Thursday night near 14th and Humboldt.

The attack follows two similar attacks Tuesday night at 10th and Grant and 11th and Corona. Police believe there could be as many as ten cases of assault in the Capitol Hill neighborhood this month.

Detectives are asking taxi drivers to help look for the assailants. Officers believe it’s important to have an extra set of eyes on the streets.

“Several victims have been robbed and assaulted with baseball bats,” said Metro Taxi spokesman Larry Stevenson. “The suspects are four to five black males, 18 to 21 years of age.”

Taxis On Patrol, or TOP, was set up as a partnership between Denver metro area taxi drivers and police in January. An alert about the crime and suspects goes out to all the drivers.

“That taxi cab is a ticket to the greatest show on Earth. They see everything,” said Stevenson. “We teach them how to look for suspicious incidents, suspicious crimes, suspicious people.”

“This is unconscionable that it’s happening and we’re not going to tolerate it,” said Denver Police Department spokesman Sonny Jackson.

In the past month, police said there have been ten attacks all in or around the Capitol Hill neighborhood. In every attack, at least one person has been hurt.

“The problem is the time of day, basically during the closing bar time crowd,” said Jackson. “They’re preying on people they feel like they can intimidate and take advantage of.”

Several suspects have been arrested, but police believe there are more. The suspects are described as a group of black men and women in their late teens and early 20s. In some cases, they carry baseball bats.

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  • denvervet

    Ok, this is a HATE CRIME against gays and its something that should be reported as being just that. This and any hate crime should have full police support, I hope the police have people in cognito walking the streets in that area.

    • Dee

      The police don’t walk at night….thats WHY it happens…bring back the “walking a beat” at night and get the heck out of those cop cars….save the tax payers money and improve this situation at the same time..oh and maybe walk a few pounds off..I would put the chunky police on a beat….

    • Zeg

      Blacks do not commit hate crimes, they are victims here.

  • Pootie Tang

    Put a bounty out for them moon crickets.. Dead or alive..you`ll get results.

  • Dee

    They have camaras all up and down Colfax ..why is it that they(police) DON”T see anything…LAME lazy arse cops they beat ppl up themselves..hence the firings…..maybe thats why they “overlook” this issue.

    • jack

      This didn’t happen on Colfax. Did you happen to read the article??

  • Zeg

    If they enforce rules than there will be another vigil to mark you abuses against people of color . Ask Bill Johnson at the Denver Post!

  • jack

    If this had been whites beating blacks then all hell would have broken loose. But since its not it seems to be back page news.

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