Councilmember Stephanie Hancock called protesters of a police shooting 'bullies, terrorists, anarchists' during a hearing last week.
Councilmember Stephanie Hancock called protesters of a police shooting"bullies, terrorists, anarchists" during a hearing last week.Protesters took over an Aurora City Counci meeting for the second straight time on July 8, calling on councilmembers to speak about the police shooting of Kilyn Lewis .
"I don't have nothing!" Kilyn repeats, while surrounded by the heavily armed SWAT officers, none of whom — other than Dieck — fired shots. Aurora's City Council walked out on the Kylin Lewis protesters and voted to hold a"virtual" closed-door session for the remainder of Monday's meeting after their takeover.Protesters have gone after Hancock and the rest of the council for not engaging with them or taking requests made at council meetings, including a push for a public apology for Lewis's death.
"It's ridiculous," said Lewis Jr."People don't take the time nowadays to really find out who they're rooting for." If you want to know her thoughts on the situation as a councilmember, Hancock says"just go watch the tape" of her talking at the July 8 meeting.
"This was a classic, 'go do masters' bidding,'" Anderson argues."And that's what we saw here. None of the white councilmembers had the courage to stand up and say, 'I want to take this resolution off.' Instead, they were fine letting it stay on the agenda to just vote down later on at the meeting.
Holmes calls Hancock and the council's rationalization for not speaking about the Lewis killing or to protesters about the Coombs resolution on July 8"an excuse" for APD's failures and it ultimately shows the city's refusal to listen to them."It's like a drug," Holmes says. One person who was willing to listen to the protesters on July 8 was outgoing APD Chief Heather Morris, who was called down to hear them out and offer condolences for the Lewis shooting, which she did after saying she had already.
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