Tag: Kilyn Lewis
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Aurora hit with lawsuit for ending public comment at City Council meetings
Following Aurora City Council’s most recent ban on public comment following a year of protests, protestor MiDian Shofner filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city, alleging it is silencing her and other speakers. Shofner, along with family members and other supporters of Kilyn Lewis, have attended every Aurora City Council meeting for more than a…
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Kilyn Lewis family files lawsuit against Aurora, officer who killed him
Exactly one year after Kilyn Lewis was shot and killed by an Aurora police officer, the Lewis family filed a lawsuit against SWAT Officer Michael Dieck and the City of Aurora alleging wrongful death. Lewis, 37, was unarmed while shot by Dieck on May 23, 2024, while officers were attempting to arrest Lewis on a…
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9NEWS sues Aurora Police for access to full body camera footage of fatal police shooting
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The Denver Gazette’s news partners 9NEWS filed a lawsuit against Aurora Police Tuesday morning, arguing the department must release the full and unedited body camera footage of a fatal police shooting. For more than four months, 9NEWS has requested unedited body camera footage of last May’s fatal shooting of Kilyn Lewis. There are no open…
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Aurora ponders measure to end meeting interruptions
In its second virtual meeting in a row Monday night, the Aurora City Council will vote on its next effort to manage public comment in the midst of ongoing interruptions from protesters. This time, elected officials will vote on a resolution brought forward by Councilmembers Francoise Bergan and Danielle Jurinsky that would adjust council meeting times…
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Aurora police release use-of-force report
Aurora Police Department officers were involved in 757 use-of-force incidents last year, a 21% increase from the number of incidents in 2022 and 29% more than in 2021. The report, which Aurora police officials have said will become an annual report, describes “use of force” as an incident in which an officer uses “force to…
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Aurora council votes to opt out of Colorado law banning guns in government buildings
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aurora councilmembers voted on Monday night to opt out of a state law prohibiting firearms in so-called “sensitive spaces,” which include government buildings. Enacted this year, the Colorado law bans firearms in polling locations, schools, and government buildings, such as council chambers. The legislation contains…
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Aurora police: Kilyn Lewis shot blind, 63-year-old man
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Even as protesters and the lawyers representing the family Kilyn Lewis — who was killed by the Aurora police in May — sought to portray his death as part of a pattern that included Elijah McClain and others, there are major differences in the cases. Notably, McClain was…
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Protesters take over Aurora council meeting after Kilyn Lewis ‘apology’ resolution removed from agenda
Aurora councilmembers on Monday removed from the agenda a resolution that would have expressed the City Council’s “apology and condolences” to the family of a man killed by the police trying to arrest him for attempted homicide. The decision prompted a “sit-in” on the council floor and forced the council meeting to move to another…
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Aurora councilmember presses for apology to family of man killed by cop
Aurora’s policymakers are scheduled discuss opting out of a state law restricting firearms in government buildings on Monday, vote on a proposed ballot measure to retract the city’s pit bull ban and consider a proposal to issue an official apology to the family of a man who was shot and killed by police. Councilmember Alison…
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Protesters disrupt Aurora council meeting over death of Kilyn Lewis
Dozens of protesters disrupted Aurora’s council meeting on Monday, pressing officials to charge a police officer who shot and killed a man wanted for attempted homicide last May. The protesters said they want Aurora authorities to fire SWAT Ofc. Michael Dieck and charge him for murder over the shooting of Kilyn Lewis. Officers from Denver and…