Aurora Police being macho (again) !!!

This lady and her children have a wonderful case of wrongful arrest and false imprisonment !!! I do hope she sues the Police Department and the individual officers for squillions of dollars !!!


US Police Mistakenly Handcuff Black Family At Gunpoint For Suspected Car Theft
Officers said the SUV's plates indicated it was actually a stolen motorcycle.

Police in Aurora, Colorado, detained and handcuffed a Black mother and four children at gunpoint Sunday after mistakenly identifying the SUV she was driving as a stolen motorcycle.

Video of the incident shared by witness Jenni Wurtz shows Brittany Gilliam and four children, including her sister, two nieces and 6-year-old daughter, lying face down on the asphalt in a strip mall parking lot, surrounded by officers.


“I actually didn’t know what I was watching when I first started seeing what was happening. I’d never seen a gun that close,” Wurtz told CBS Denver. “I went from seeing kids in a car to seeing a gun pointed at the kids in the car.”

“I am not anti-police,” she added to ABC 7. “I am anti what happened yesterday, and that was ridiculous.”

The Aurora Police Department told 9News Gilliam’s license plate matched up with one belonging to a motorcycle from a different state that had been reported stolen earlier Sunday morning.

Adding to the confusion, Gilliam’s own car was also reported stolen in February, though it was recovered the next day.

Aurora PD handcuff and held family at gunpoint. pic.twitter.com/GkTWKFZqkI

— Joshua Rodriguez (@Joshuajered) August 3, 2020
That explanation is of little solace to Gilliam, who is upset about the officers’ tactics.

Gilliam said she and the children were trying to get their nails done when officers approached the car with their guns drawn and ordered them out of the vehicle. The family was uncuffed and the officers apologised after they realised the mistake.

“I’m livid. I’m angry,” she told CBS Denver. “Those kids are not OK. They’re never going to be OK. That was a traumatic experience. Would your kids be OK after that? Having a gun pulled on them and laid on the ground. Especially a 6-year-old.”

In a statement, interim Police Chief Vanessa Wilson apologised to the family and said that APD officers are trained to treat suspected stolen cars as “a high-risk stop.” That involves drawing their weapons and forcing all occupants to exit the vehicle. She acknowledged that moving forward, officers should be allowed to alter their approach when circumstances clearly call for it.

“I have called the family to apologise and to offer any help we can provide, especially for the children who may have been traumatised by yesterday’s events,” she said. “I have reached out to our victim advocates so we can offer age-appropriate therapy that the city will cover.”

Wilson was appointed Chief of Police Tuesday, taking the top job at an embattled department. Last August, Aurora officers stopped 23-year-old Elijah McClain as he was walking home from a convenience store, setting off a chain of events that led to McClain’s death. McClain was never accused of a crime.

 

Yes.... They are this fucking stupid. The worst part is they will continue to be this fucking stupid.

 

So let me get this straight, the Aurora Police ordered a little six year old black girl to lay face down on the ground at gunpoint. Did they take away her favorite doll as well?

While I’d like to believe that stupidity reigns supreme throughout the department, there must be more to it than that.

Seems to me this about revenge for the three white officers who were fired over the McClain incident, and the other three white officers who were fired over the selfies they took attempting to reenact the McClain choking.
A fourth white officer resigned before facing a disciplinary hearing.

I hope she sues the fuck out of the department for every cent she can get.

 

Oi, the little one in the pink hat looks younger than 6



Ok, thats fuckin ridiculous

 

On a positive note:

Gun sales spike among African-Americans:

while various demographic groups are buying guns in 2020, African-Americans account for the highest increase in gun purchases of any group.

“The highest overall firearm sales increase comes from Black men and women, who show a 58.2% increase in purchases during the first six months of 2020 versus the same period last year,” NSSF director of research
and market development, wrote in his report. “Bottom line is that there has never been a sustained surge in firearm sales quite like what we are in the midst of this pandemic"

 

I would rather live in a world with more stolen cars then this crazy shit.

And its not the old days, cars not so easy to steal , that computer says no it don't go.

You dont just pull out the keyhole with a dent puller and use a screwdriver to start it anymore.

 

Youthube comment I found:

citizen : the police killed my 8 yr old child
police: the computer told us to, sorry just a mixup

I go straight to the comments.

 

Honest mistake... Most SUV's look like motorcycles.[/sarcasm]

 

Most motorcycles can carry a woman and 4 children...