Aurora, Colorado police stand down twice to avoid arresting violent felon. Guess why

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Aurora, Colorado police stand down twice to avoid arresting violent felon. Guess why

Jazz ShawPosted at 10:41 am on September 16, 2020



This may only qualify as one of those “local news stories” for most of the media, but it could provide a chilling look at the future of law enforcement in America. A couple of weeks ago, some problems arose at an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado. One of the residents had unwisely invited Robert Thompson, 47, to stay at the apartment he shared with his girlfriend. He did this despite Thompson having a lengthy rap sheet and a history of criminal behavior. True to form, Thompson quickly began causing trouble of an alarming kind, including exposing himself to some young girls, throwing a rock through someone’s window and threatening people (including his hosts) with violence.

Understandably, the apartment’s tenant, Leander Mccoy, called the police. But after arriving and questioning Thompson, the police simply left, saying they would “seek a warrant” to deal with the matter. The following day, Thompson’s behavior flew further out of control and he wound up trapping McCoy’s girlfriend in their bedroom along with a friend. He then took a golf club and began smashing everything in the apartment, moving on to vandalize cars in the parking lot. The police were again called to the scene, but they once again spoke to Thompson and left, saying that it had been decided that they would “stand down” rather than get into a confrontation with the suspect that could lead to a use-of-force scenario. (CBS Denver)

    A CBS4 investigation has found Aurora police officers twice walked away from arresting a 47-year-old man who was terrorizing residents of an apartment complex, even after the man allegedly exposed himself to kids, threw a rock through one resident’s sliding glass door, was delusional, was tasered by police and forced the rescue of two other residents from a second floor room in an apartment he had ransacked.

    “I totally understand that there’s people that were, that felt like they were abandoned,” said Aurora Police Deputy Chief Darin Parker…

    Mccoy was equally stunned that police walked away a second time.

    “I was standing right there and I’m like, ‘What are you guys doing?’ and they said they were told to stand down and they left. Bottom line is they left us to deal with it by ourselves and that’s kind of crazy.”

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[PeteS in CA]

Putting it bluntly, on a couple of levels:

* Had it been me doing all that @#$%, my pale tail-end and the rest of me would have been in jail, the hospital, or the morgue, depending on my response to the police, the first time;

* Policing that takes into account perps' skin color will get more people killed than would have happened had police dealt with perps properly, without regard for skin color, including shooting when perps assault the officers or bystanders with deadly force.

[goatprairie]

There have been jokes going around for the last decade or more about how in the future it will be illegal to arrest a black person for a crime. It appears it was no joke, because we're getting closer and closer to that reality.

[XenaLee]

Anybody living in liberal/leftist run states that are still expecting the police to protect them from thugs, druggies, criminals, etc. would have to be stuck on stupid.   I just find it amazing that all these morons that are fashionably on-board with "defund the popo" are probably going to be shocked and surprised when they need help from police and don't get it.   Stunning disconnect from reality.

[Fishrrman]

This is the goal of the communist left.
Blacks -- do whatever they wish and... go free.
Whites -- just say the wrong word and... take 'em down hard and lock 'em up.

And in Aurora, that "goal" seems close to reality.

[PeteS in CA]

Lightning striking twice:

Colorado Police AGAIN “Stand Down” During Standoff With Child Abuse Suspect

https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/10/14/colorado-police-stand-standoff-child-abuse-suspect/

Last month we looked at the shocking story of a felon going on a violent rampage at an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado. Robert Thompson had been exposing himself to young girls, destroying property and threatening the residents. That fact that Thompson was engaging in this behavior wasn’t really the shocking part. He had a lengthy rap sheet and a history of drug abuse. What was appalling was the fact that the Aurora Police showed up twice on two consecutive days in response to 911 calls and both times decided to “stand down” and leave the scene without taking Thompson into custody. That decision was reportedly made to “avoid a confrontation” that might have ended in the use of force by the police.

Well, it’s happened again, also in Aurora. Back on September 24th, the Aurora PD SWAT team was dispatched to the home of 39-year-old Eric Burns as part of a “felony child abuse investigation.” Burns already had a warrant out on domestic violence charges and was believed to have assaulted his son and abused his young daughter. He additionally was wanted for a felony kidnapping warrant in a nearby town. Upon their arrival, a standoff ensued. Police believed that Burns was armed and they began negotiating for his surrender. They did manage to convince the suspect to send out his his 6-year-old daughter, but after that no progress was made. Then, after a few hours, records reveal that the cops made a “decision to vacate.” They just left without arresting Burns or getting the son out of the house. Why? A statement the PD released sounded awfully familiar.
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I’m getting the feeling that there are some new marching orders in place for the cops ever since Wilson took over as Chief. And they seem to involve instructing her cops to avoid any possibility of a physical confrontation with suspects, even if it means leaving a potentially armed suspected kidnapper and child abuser free in the community. So is this the sort of “police reform” that activists are calling for during rallies all across the nation? We should be asking the voters of Aurora how much longer they plan on tolerating this sort of leadership.

I suspect it would be more accurate to say that Chief Wilson instructed APD officers "to avoid any possibility of a physical confrontation with POC suspects. As I posted above, had I been the suspect in this case, my lily-white tail would be in jail or the morgue, and the rest of me too.

[XenaLee]

This is the goal of the communist left.
Blacks -- do whatever they wish and... go free.
Whites -- just say the wrong word and... take 'em down hard and lock 'em up.

And in Aurora, that "goal" seems close to reality.

And I think that the average American voter can discern that glaring two-tier justice system that is being enacted in leftist/Democrat-run cities.   Maybe I'm being too optimistic, but I think they will vote accordingly next month.   

Whites being discriminated against, made to feel 'guilty' over assumed or imagined racism, and even singled out and killed over their support for Trump... while blacks are lionized, fawned over, allowed to break the law with impuny.... while committing more and more crimes (looting, burning, killing cops, etc.).     I mean, do the math.    Whites = majority of voting population.   Blacks = ever-shrinking (due to other blacks) voting population.   Statistically, the Democrat left has taken a lose-lose stance by backing, enabling, endorsing and allowing this BS.

[sneakypete]

Welcome to Belfast,America. Same communists,different accent.

[sneakypete]

This is the goal of the communist left.
Blacks -- do whatever they wish and... go free.
Whites -- just say the wrong word and... take 'em down hard and lock 'em up.

And in Aurora, that "goal" seems close to reality.

@Fishrrman

What better way to kick off the revolution they THINK they want?