pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote in
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> On 2024-08-30, unknown <novalidemail@toss.net> wrote:
>> In article <lj94djh8mubceiu9qogvtc9brk0cvp0b24@4ax.com>,
>> smythlejon2@hotmail.com says...
>>>
>>> 'Colorado gov. claims Aurora's migrant gang takeover is just
>>> 'imagination' despite video, local leaders' outcry and residents
>>> fleeing their homes'
>>>
>>> <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13795253/Colorado-gov-Jared
>>> -Polis-Auroras-migrant-gang-takeover-Tren-Aragua-imagination-video-ev
>>> idence.html>
>>>
>>> 'Democrat Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has denied that migrant gangs
>>> have taken over apartment buildings in Aurora - despite video
>>> evidence and a local leader's outcry.
>>>
>>> The heavily-armed mob was seen on video storming through an
>>> apartment complex while brandishing at least one semi-automatic
>>> weapon. A man in a hoodie lugs the high-powered rifle and pounds on
>>> an apartment door, while several others wield handguns.
>>>
>>> 'A GANG HAS TAKEN OVER several apartment complexes in Aurora!' local
>>> council member Danielle Jurinsky wrote on X.
>>>
>>> But Polis said the migrant takeover is just a figment of her
>>> 'imagination.'
>>>
>>> 'The governor ha already let the mayor know that the state is ready
>>> to support the local police department with assistance from state
>>> troopers and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation,' Shelby Wieman, a
>>> spokeswoman for the governor, told the New York Post.'
>>>
>>> ''But according to police intelligence, this purported invasion is
>>> largely a feature of Danielle Jurinsky's imagination.'
>>>
>>> The spokesperson went on to say that 'it is illegal to take over
>>> buildings in Colorado' and if Jurinsky has 'knowledge of such
>>> activity' the governor's office is 'ready to assist cops in taking
>>> them back.'
>>>
>>> When the Post asked again whether Polis wants to backtrack his
>>> statement, given the video evidence of the takeover, Wieman said the
>>> governor 'really hopes that the city council members in charge stop
>>> trashing their own city when they are supposed to keep it safe.
>>>
>>> 'Over the last month, Gov. Polis has been in regular contact with
>>> the City of Aurora and the Aurora Police Department and has offered
>>> all state assistance to support their efforts if requested,' she
>>> said, adding that the governor's office expects to see violent crime
>>> continue to drop in the city, as it had in 2022 and 2023.'
>>>
>>> But both residents and city officials say they have been suffering
>>> ever since the Tren de Aragua Venezuelan gang arrived in the city.
>>> It is now believed the gang is behind the apartment takeovers.
>>>
>>> In July, the migrant gang was also blamed for a shooting in a Target
>>> parking lot.
>>>
>>> 'Those Venezuelans is taking over,' a man can be heard saying in a
>>> video posted to TikTok by user 100packsavvy.
>>>
>>> The July 29 footage shows bedlam in a Target parking lot in Aurora
>>> where Venezuelans had gathered in a weekend demonstration over the
>>> elections in their homeland.
>>>
>>> While mostly peaceful, migrants swarmed the shopping center,
>>> completely taking it over, with cars sardined, bumper-to-bumper.
>>>
>>> This forced Target and other retailers in the area to close early,
>>> fearing their customers might get caught up in the demonstrations,
>>> according to Telemundo Denver.
>>>
>>> As night fell, the trashed parking lot littered with garbage turned
>>> from disgusting to dangerous.
>>>
>>> 'Police responded to several incidents, including gun shots being
>>> fired, the Spanish-speaking outlet reported.
>>>
>>> The TikTok users who made recorded the video claimed he and his
>>> companions were almost run over.
>>>
>>> 'We almost just got hit,' one man says.
>>>
>>> The Aurora couple who filmed the apartment takeover on Wednesday,
>>> Cindy and Edward Romero, also told Fox 31 that it was recorded
>>> shortly before a shootout at the complex - which left one person
>>> grievously wounded and damaged several vehicles were also damaged.
>>>
>>> 'It's been a nightmare, and I can't wait to get out of here,' Cindy
>>> Romero said as she packed up her possessions to flee the crime-torn
>>> city.
>>>
>>> The couple had placed an elaborate system of locks running from the
>>> top of the door to the bottom before the shooting.
>>>
>>> 'Every day when we come home, we have to do this every time we go
>>> outside to take out the garbage,' Cindy said, demonstrating how the
>>> locks worked.
>>>
>>> 'Every time we go to bed at night. We have to keep like this so that
>>> nobody can kick in the door,' she added.'
>>>
>>> 'Cops have refused to confirm whether the gunmen in the video from
>>> the apartment complex belong to the infamous Tren de Aragua cartel,
>>> but council member Jurinksy told Fox 31 that the building had been
>>> overrun by a Venezuelan gang.
>>>
>>> 'This isn?t just Americans. Other Venezuelans are being extorted by
>>> this gang,? Jurinsky said.
>>>
>>> The Aurora police department released a statement Wednesday
>>> confirming that they are investigating the chilling footage from the
>>> apartment takeover.
>>>
>>> The authorities noted that they had launched a special task force
>>> 'in collaboration with other local, state and federal partners to
>>> specifically address concerns about Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua
>>> (TdA) and other criminal activity.'
>>>
>>> The cops said confirmed that they were 'aware that components of TdA
>>> are operating in Aurora.'
>>>
>>> They added that they have been 'increasingly collecting evidence to
>>> show the gang is connected to crimes in the area.' '
>>>
>>> 'Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman also told FOX News on Thursday there are
>>> 'several buildings' that have 'fallen to these Venezuelan gangs' in
>>> the city.
>>>
>>> He said he believed the buildings were used as taxpayer-funded
>>> migrant housing, which is what gave the gangs a foothold.
>>>
>>> 'This is an organized criminal effort,' the Republican mayor said.
>>> 'Whether it's a trend, a drug war, that remains to be seen.
>>>
>>> 'They've, in fact, have kind of pushed out the property management
>>> through intimidation and then collected the rents.'
>>>
>>> Coffman claimed the city is a 'victim' of federal policy and
>>> Denver's sanctuary city policy.
>>>
>>> 'I think we're a victim of a failed policy at the southern border,'
>>> he said, arguing: 'Venezuela does not cooperate with the United
>>> States in criminal histories.
>>>
>>> 'You've had these massive waves of migrants coming across the border
>>> that many of them crossed the border illegally, we were arrested,
>>> asked for a political asylum, were not adequately vetted, were
>>> released into the country, the city of Aurora.
>>>
>>> 'We did everything we could to quite frankly, keep them out of the
>>> city because it's not our problem. This is a federal problem.'
>>>
>>> Under the Biden administration - which appointed Vice President
>>> Kamala Harris its 'border czar' - illegal immigration into the US
>>> ballooned into 8million crossings. It is now expected to rise to
>>> 10million by the end of September.
>>>
>>> The migrant crisis has since moved into the city, with more than
>>> 40,000 reportedly arriving to the Denver area since December 2022.
>>>
>>> The problem in Colorado has been bolstered by Polis' policies making
>>> it easier for migrants to get drivers' licenses, attend school and
>>> obtain taxpayer-funded resources.
>>>
>>> 'There are people behind this that are solely playing politics,'
>>> Jurinsky said following Polis' rebuttal on Thursday.
>>>
>>> 'That is so sad to me because they're real human beings just like
>>> the Romeros, suffering on the other side of those doors, living
>>> behind four deadbolt locks and a door brace and living in fear every
>>> day in these complexes,' she told Fox News.
>>>
>>> But she said, 'It is very promising that across the board, people
>>> are really seeing what is happening.
>>>
>>> 'Video evidence is only undeniable for our governor in Colorado,'
>>> Jurinsky said.
>>>
>>> 'Everybody else across the country is seeing this for themselves.' '
>>
>> You are sourcing this information from the NY Post? That
>> is the most right wing, crazy conservative mainstream
>> paper on the planet.
>> You need to get out more.
>
> The New York Post broke the Hunter Biden laptop story and got censored

Who censored the NY Post?

Post your proof.

Be specific.

> and ridiculed by other media and social media in particular.
> They turned out to be correct.
>