FTFY, Chief Wilson.
Aurora is by far Colorado’s most ethnically diverse community, and the police seem to kick it up a notch for them, while refusing to investigate crimes that don’t make them look good for solving.
Their last mayoral election gave hope. Former R Congressman Mike Coffman landed in a runoff with Omar Montgomery, head of the Aurora NAACP. It came down to a handful of votes, but of course Coffman won… This was the only time I have ever wished I could live there so I could vote against Coffman. Imagine if Montgomery had won…
To his credit, Coffman had built significant support among the African communities, but he’s done little to rein in a department known for killing innocents of all colors and for drunk officers on duty, including this case.
On the other side of Denver, we had this recently: