Racial terror in Denver that won’t make national news
Chilling details are emerging in the local Colorado press about violent black gangs who have been targeting white victims for months:
The Denver Police Department announced today that they have made 32 arrests during a sweep to end a four-month spree of what police said were racially motivated assaults and robberies in downtown Denver, including the LoDo entertainment district.
A task force comprised of the Denver Police, FBI and the Denver District Attorney’s Office investigated 26 incidents in which groups of black males verbally harassed and then assaulted white or Hispanic males, according to Denver Police Chief Gerry Whitman.
Many of the victims were robbed after being assaulted.
Although police knew what was going on, citizens were left in the dark.
More dangerously blind diversity-mongeringat work? Fear of litigation or accusations of profiling by the usual mau-mauers?
Denver Police Chief Gerry Whitman said that groups of young black males from the Rollin’ 60s Crips and the Black Gangster Disciples gangs approached single white or Latino men late at night and struck them in the head, often after berating them and calling attention to their race, but sometimes attacking without warning.
Victims in the LoDo and 16th Street Mall attacks suffered broken noses and shattered eye sockets, among other head injuries. Sometimes wallets and other small items were stolen.
“We have seen coordinated efforts before, but not by this large of a group,” Whitman said as the arrests were announced Friday.
Yet no concerted effort was made to alert residents to the unusual nature of these violent crimes, or their apparent racial motivation.
Police say there may have been 26 such attacks, almost all against white males, but investigators stress there could be other victims and more are coming forward. A few are women.
Monday, police spokesman Sonny Jackson told us all but one of the 35 suspects are now in jail, each on a $1 million bond due to the racial bias involved. The mostly young men and teenage boys are charged with aggravated assault, aggravated robbery and bias-motivated crimes.
The situation was so grave even the FBI got involved.
Who knew? Certainly not the young white and Latino men who were at risk of being attacked.
Though Denver Police issued a warning on Sept. 3 that they were aware of “a pattern of assaults and robberies,” they simply said “single males” should be on the lookout.
Jackson said that at the time, police weren’t yet aware of the full scope and biased nature of the attacks. Once the warning went out and police heightened their presence, he said, the attacks “dried up.”
Therefore, Jackson told us, it was unnecessary to issue a more explicit warning, even as investigators learned the more menacing aspects of the crimes.
Jackson said keeping the warning broad should have been enough. “We didn’t want anyone to take their guard down,” Jackson said.
But if police know that a particular segment of the population is being targeted, don’t they have a responsibility to give potential victims a specific warning?
Looks like yet another case of “If you see something, say something — unless it’s politically incorrect.”
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Oh, and you know if the races were reversed that p.c. panderer AG Eric Holder would be flying to Denver right now (with race demagogue Al Sharpton in tow) to hold a press conference and vow to ensure the safety of the Mile High City’s residents.
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It wasn’t racism.
It’s “affirmitive action” robbing.
So it’s alright.
yet another good reason I left Denver…got sick and tired of the forced diversity by the illegal alien lovers…I fear for those friends and relatives I have in that area…I’ll let them know about this one….thanks Michelle for shining the light yet again!!!!
And meanwhile Al Sharpton is on his rage against the machine or some such nonsense today trying to address violence in the black community.
I am sure he and all of the other race warlords out there will be quick to condem these acts.
Obama’s world. This stuff has been going on since the election.
Oh…and Whitman is a tool. PC-ness has crippled the DPD. They even prosecute their own without cause.
Elongated gasp!
RAAAAAACIST!
Not the incidents, mind you, only your comments.
/sarc
Same here, but sure miss the food!
This is just another example why CCW laws should be universal. The police didn’t protect the victims. The victims should be able to protect themselves. If a few animals have to be slaughtered so be it.
Someone please factcheck me – but I was told in a firearms class that you are not allowed to be in possession of a loaded gun within Denver’s city limits, even while traveling through it? That even if it’s in the trunk of your car it must be unloaded?
A few concealed carried ‘items’ might have put a damper on this activity.
“Undocumented wealth redistribution” with “health statistics rebalancing” thrown in.
(Are you paying attention Jeff Jacoby? Call it what you want but this is illegal too. Just like illegal immigration.)
The president of the city council didn’t think it would have been appropriate to tell the truth about what was happening because it might have brought out white gangs to counter it! Huh?
Yo, cops and council. My son is a white kid who goes downtown to shop, eat and dance. He’s not in a gang. You OWED to him to warm him about this danger and you didn’t. SHAME!!!
Unfortunately, self defense is impossible in Denver. If it was Minneapolis, you could shoot to kill and that is what I would recommend. If a few of them died, it might put a damper on their activities. We need to thin the herd of the vermin before they reproduce.
Oh and PS, City Council was worried about WHITE, but apparently not HISPANIC gangs coming out in retaliation. At least she mentioned only one but not the other even though both white and hispanics were targeted. We have MS3 here. Why wasn’t she worried about them? This is so racist on the part of the police and government, as well as the gangs.
Can you immagine if white gangs had been targeting black males and no specific warning had gone out!!?
Will they be prosecuted for hate crimes?
Come to Denver…we got it all!
Mile-high fresh air, white powder, crushed eye sockets, and not to mention…blind, deaf and dumb public servants…
Jus’ saying…
I know nothing about Denver, but usually the “entertainment district” of any city is chock full of gays. Can anyone verify this is the case for Denver? If so, I want to see what the Prop8 thugs do.
This whole deal is reeking with PCness.
But wait.
Could this be like some of the drug investigations that go on for 18 months while the law enforcement community “gathers evidence”?
Yes, this is unfortunate, and it happens with sexual assaults, too. Sometimes the authorities are slow on the uptake to put crimes in the proper place and make the citzenry aware.
All but one has been captured. That is promising and I hope the last one is caught, and all are tried and convicted.
Denver’s gun laws are strange. I live here but am no expert. I’ve heard that there’s something about it not being ok to be driving around with guns in your cars. I think, for a while at least, some of the burbs and outlying areas had more liberal concealed carry laws and there was some issue about whether or not that allowed those permitted in the more liberal locations to carry in Denver. Not sure how that turned out. I think concealed carry may still be harder to achieve in Denver, but I know it is possible. I know of no law against having a gun at home. Colorado has a “make my day” law. If someone threatens you in your home and you feel your life is in danger you can defend yourself. On your front lawn or on the street may be a different matter.
What school did these boys go to?
What were they taught?
What do they think of America?
Are they indoctrinated? Brainwashed by our public schools to hate America, hate the white christian European?
Do they know there are more black slaves in Africa then there EVER was in America at anytime in history… including TODAY?
The one encouraging note is that they were charged with racial bias crimes. Finally, “hate” crimes work both ways!
Waiting for Eric Holder to call the white and Hispanic victims cowards for not wanting to engage the gangsters in racial dialogue.
Hey…
“We won.”
Anything goes now.
Denver has an active gay population, but don’t think they are downtown more than anyone else. There’s a very big performing arts center with several plays and other performances going on at once, a large university facility with a major slate of night classes, lots of restaurants and bars, a couple of movie plexes, shopping, commedy and song and dance clubs, the city and county building, city library, art musem, the baseball field, a large basket-ball, hockey, events arena, a big amusement park, the state capital and a huge convention center….all located in downtown,
Jackson said keeping the warning broad should have been enough. “We didn’t want anyone to take their guard down,” Jackson said.
Hmm, for some reason the quote button is not appearing on my screen.
That statement about sums up the entire justice system today when it comes to black on white crime. God forbid we profile. Of course, had the races been reversed, warnings would have been blasted over every news outlet. I am sick of the double standard. Whites are not cannon fodder in their PC experiment.
I also don’t support hate crime laws of any sort. The proverbial “be careful what you wish for” comes into play. These laws are aimed at whites and if it is used on a minority, then the cops must charge 10X the number of whites for the same crime in order to balance it out. That’s how PC worshipers think.
Hmmm… I arrived in Denver on Sept. 2 and was there until the 5th… didn’t hear a thing about it. Being a white male, traveling alone, this would have been something I would have made note of.
Will they be charged with hate crimes? I doubt it.
Denver doesn’t like to talk about it a lot but they do have active gangs. They also have some good gang intervention programs as well. Basically, it’s a pretty safe place…even downtown, considering all that can go on down there. But still, the cops and government should have been honest about the threat to protect people. On the bright side, they have apparently caught the people and charged them with hate as well as other crimes. Ready through the paper, most of them seem to have high bail.
limmo
Thanks for the input on Denver. I’ve gotten so disgusted traveling through it, that I take the toll road and bypass it. Sorry Denver, I don’t even stop to eat or stay the night. Sad, I used to love it.
limmo, supposedly I have reciprocity with my other State CCL…wonder how that works? the wife may have to come to Denver (driving) next year and has a CCL…will have to investigate that…wouldn’t want her getting into trouble…but hey the criminals will surely have them because they don’t care about laws in the first place…
They have been.
And that is why CCW was created.
Sadly, it is the only thing law-abiding, able citizens can do to protect themselves from a gang of violent attackers.
They are simply following in the footsteps of their role model and “spreading the wealth around.”
Kind of like the boom in “Monicas” after Clinton explained that oral sex wasn’t cheating.
Now let’s wait to see if the words “hate crime” pop up…
so much for the post-racial presidency…
this should answer most questions…won’t worry about any CCL carry when I visit…
http://www.rmgo.org/faq/#Permit%20laws
As someone who actually lives in Denver propper, I really love Denver and the metro area. When I was a kid growing up in a neighboring state, I always wanted to live here, so I have for the past 35 years. There’s a lot to do here, great restaurants, wonderful parks, hiking trails, bike paths, many excellent neighborhoods. I love mine! My neighbors are great. The metro area has really grown though. It’s a big, metropolitan area, with some of the related problems, though. If people don’t like crowds and traffic, I can see why they might want to head on down the road However, there are a lot of wonderful activities and people here.
They couldn’t even bring themselves to call it a hate crime in the story. Instead, as you posted, they called it a “racial bias crime”, lol.
From the article:
Then we get this:
You’re wrong. Again.
I’d bet my bottom dollar that they have no real idea how many are still at large.
They weren’t slow on the uptake, they were purposely keeping public safety information secret. That’s what trusting in the government to provide your safety gets you.
That makes it the victims’ fault.
Or it makes the perp, the ‘victim’. Whichever rationalization works for the cretin involved.
Just remember this: if you’re a caucasian, it’s always your fault.
My God, where did you go?!?
They mentioned on WOAI earlier this morning that a court ruling here in Texas has held that cities aren’t allowed to violate the 2nd Amendment any more than states can. I think the standard they applied was that since they can’t reinstitute slavery or ban free speech because of constitutionality, by the same logic they can’t ban guns either. We’re making progress. How are the rest of you doing?
Denver is not extremely gun friendly but for the most part they have to comply with Colorado state law. That means:
1. Anyone not restricted by law from posssessing a firearm (i.e. a felon or someone under age) may carry a loaded firearm in their car (2004 Meyers decision)
2. A person granted a CCW may carry concealed anywhere in the state unless restricted by law (i.e. a school or a federal building, among others).
3. Except for police and other law enforcement, no one may carry a rifle in their car with a round chambered. The chamber must be empty to be legal.
Intrepid Dad
Colorado Springs
Whar be ‘da hate crime charges now? yeah booooyyyyyeeeeeee!
Thanks! I needed to understand what the laws actually are.
Would these be “hate crimes”? How about violation of civil rights at least?
Some states don’t recognize out-of-state permits – I think Ohio is one. I checked into it when I was carrying mine back and forth to NY. I carried the gun anyway and made it a policy not to get stopped and searched in Ohio. That’s been awhile, though.
Come on! It is just some high-spirited youths out having a bit of fun. No real harm done here.
And when you consider all the difficulty and discrimination these poor lads have endured it really shouldn’t matter in the least if they act up just a bit now and then…
Of course, I hope they understand when “concealed carry permits” in Colorado shoot through the roof.
White people outnumber the black thugs… why don’t we just take care of busines?
Sharpton and Jackson will be all over this one. Those poor young black guys are victims of white oppression and racism so their crimes were justified.
Because only the thugs are allowed to carry guns.
http://www.denverpost.com/frontpage/ci_13854306
Not true. Most states have “shall issue” laws regarding concealed carry. Law abiding citizens have to take active steps to receive a concealed carry licence and properly train. The truth is most simply don’t take the time to do it. But that isn’t the law’s fault.
This is a race issue so I’ll respond racially.
Black leaders should take note of this gang problem instead of making excuses for it. Hello!
Black parents must monitor their kids’ behavior, set good examples and not perpetuate it by dissing other races in front of them. Hello!
My view may sound narrow but with all the historical baggage we are dealing with, black people need to fix this problem themselves.
It ultimately leaves it up to police who are of differing races and only allows blacks to continue to hate the other races.
The city of Denver needs to be defending itself against lawsuits until Hell freezes over.
Yeah, Jeanne Robb, we sure wouldn’t want white people defending themselves, would we????
It is because the meme right now is that the hispanic & latino population is downtrodden and oppressed by the evil whites. The media and the political left have been trying to ally them to the blacks.
They tried in the past with the jews(failed), and the asians(failed). Agenda uber alles.
Interesting how the articles go some distance to not directly say “hate crime” in regards to charges filed against these morons.
“bias-motivated crimes”
What’s so scary about accusing a black person of a “hate crime”?
(oh wait, forgot, only whites can be racist. silly me.)
Seriously, has anybody heard of a “white gang” since “The Jets” from “West Side Story?”
I can see the “white gangs” viciously responding by holding people hostage and forcing them to watch out-dated dance steps while they sing bad show tunes.
Now that would be horribly cruel…
Huh? Wrong, about what exactly? Because I quoted from the excerpt?
“Monday, police spokesman Sonny Jackson told us all but one of the 35 suspects are now in jail, . . .”
Maybe the reporter writing the story ought to get it straight. Maybe the Denver Police ought to get it straight. But, I am wrong for quoting directly from the article?
A reasonable thought and I agree.
They kept the information from the public until they ‘issued a warning.’ We disagree on the characterization of what the Police did, and how they went about doing it.
In Norway, officials just kind of threw up their hands and shrugged when Muslim gangs started raping Norwegian women. The Muslim thugs said, “Hey, those women were uncovered, so it’s open season.” The government didn’t want to do anything for the same reason the Denver city government didn’t want to let anyone know black thugs were targeting whites and Latinos. They were far more afraid of some imaginary race war backlash than in actually protecting their citizens. Disgusting.
If there had only been 25, would they have even mentioned this?
This failure of the Denver Police Department must not go unpunished. Denver needs to replace many people in the highest levels of their police and government.
There is also the question of the failure of the Denver media to investigate these attacks. After the first 5 or 6, this had to became a large local story. It is very hard to believe that no reporters bothered to interview the victims.
No doubt those reporters are blaming the internet for the impending failure of their newspapers.
This organization and the guy behind it are wonderful. Rev. Leon Kelly’s been workin’ the problem for at least the past 20 years that I know of. He’s been very involved in the schools as well.
http://www.therev.org/
That’s three.
Heh. reminds me of a plane flight I took from Denver to Laramie a while back (pre-9/11). It was a small regional airline, Frontier, I believe. The plane held about 20 or so passengers. Of the dozen or so people on the flight, I was the only one that didn’t carry a hunting rifle on board. Ah, the good ole days….
They were merely emulating the behavior of our government–they simply cut out the middlemen. I mean, why wait for the taxman to get it and spread it all over our bloated bureaucracy before THEY get their penitence. Robbing White folks this way just cuts out all of the rigmarole of collecting the money “legally.”
I agree with comment that Denver should be in litigation for failing to protect its white and latino citizens until hell freezes over.
BTW, since these crimes were “racially motivated,” wouldn’t they be categorized as “hate crimes,” if they had been White hoodlums robbing law-abiding Black folks?
MM wrote that all were held on 1 million$$ bond because of the bias demonstrated in the crime. I think bias is the same as hate?
Not necessarily. Some would define bias as “preference” in this case. I mean, if White folks have more and better stuff to rob than Blacks (which might well be the case), then they could say that they robbed them because they just wanted their stuff, not because they hated anybody.
Four month investigation, warning issued 9/3 about 1/2 way through investigation. Seems reasonable, but it doesn’t tell us how many young men were assaulted after the city figured it out and issued the warning.
My favorite response was from the Denver City Councilwoman who justified the secrecy because of a fear of hypothetical white retaliation. Amazing.
On a school night? When do they do their home work?
Oh.
And if this uncivilized behavior spreads from sea to shining sea, will it be seen as the beginning of the end of our Republic?
Maybe concealed carry is an answer to these assaults…
wealth redistribution…just not done by the government…either is just as criminal…
At least she’s honest.
Stupidly useless and dangerous; but, albeit perhaps unintentionally,…honest.
That’s worth almost as much as…nothing!
Sorry that should have read “..it doesn’t tell us how many young men and women were assaulted after the city figured it out and before they issued the warning.
http://www.850koa.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=shows_rosen.xml
Link to pods casts of (by the way, an interesting, very well spoken economic conservative, Mike Rosen’s) talk show featuring comments on this issue by the mayor…among other local topics including a measure to tow cars of those without licenses- including those of illegal aliens and legalizing marajuana.
It’s the 11/23 show. Downtown racial assaults are discussed for a couple of minutes beginning around 28:00.
Maybe the Denver Councilwoman was getting a cut of the proceeds and didn’t want to jeopardize the income stream for these youths during an economic downturn.
Would that qualify as a “conflict of interests?” Maybe we can get a clarification on that from the Holder DOJ…
Will the perpetrators be charged with a “Hate Crime”, or are everyone of the wrong race for that?
Maybe there will be hate crime charges for the Hispanic victims, though.
Heh. You said “white gangs”. As if…
According to that story, the sub-human scum perps are each being held on $1 million bond, due to the hate crimes laws in Denver, so at least the vermin will be held in jail for a bit.
Of course then the PC Denver State’s Attorney office will either agree to plea bargain down to non-hate-crime assault charges, or the liberal judges will cut them loose.
But I am certain that you are right: they will not be tried, convicted and sentenced under hate crime laws. How could they be? They’re black, and those laws don’t apply.
Keep in mind that this is in the city that holds homeless junkies in greater esteem than the other citizens, holds illegal immigrant Mexicans and Guatemalans in greater regard than US citizens, and has a Governor and staff that prosecute ICE agents instead of the criminals that the ICE agent catch.
Denver and Colorado executive branches are on the side of the criminals.
Yes, and a very good answer. Just be sure to finish the job or they will get off on a technicality.
Too bad those victims-white or other-do not shoot back. In the name of diversity they could alternate between hollow point and semi wad cutter rounds (if using a revolver). One or two citizen shoot backs would cool heels faster than 32 arrests that will take years to resolve.
I know of one Hispanic MAN and wife who live by the motto: Let your side arm be like MasterCard: DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT.
Know your states gun laws
Keep you lawyer on speed dial
God Bless America and aim for center mass.
A PC Haiku…
It’s not Robbery.
You’re thinking about it wrong.
It’s Reparations!
I’m sure the hate crimes charge will be dropped. After all, it’s not a hate crime if it’s against a white person.
Sorry if somebody already stated this, but black on white crime has been an epidemic for many a year. The stats are just not given publicity for…well we all know the reasons.
Here is a link from a 1987 Pat Buchanan with some eye popping statistics:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=22041&keywords=\%22black+on+white\%22
What was really funny was a guy calls out “Maria” in the middle of Spanish Harlem and only one woman responds.
What? No concealed carry in CO?
Perhaps some of the crime victims should band together with a really viciously aggressive attorney, make every single thing in a suit against the city as public as possible, publicly sue the thugs that perpetrated the crimes, add in personal suits against the mayor, the city council, the police chief, the police department and any one else that acted in bad faith or failed to act in good faith to warn citizens and visitors, protect citizens and visitors and prevent these crimes in the first place.
Hit ‘em where it counts. In the pocket book.
Ask and you shall receive: we Gun Nuts And Bitter Clingers are always willing to be of service to the non PC:
Colorado’s Concealed Carry Guide
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners
the city of st louis was just announced this morning as the 2nd most crime ridden cities in america. all 5 of the top five had one thing in common, all 5 were majority black cities. i know, i’m a racist to point out facts.
Denver is like any other big city. There are areas where it’s not safe to be alone at night – LoDo (lots of drunk people), Lincoln Ave and the Golden Triangle (lots of drunk people), East Denver/Aurora (Black), West Denver (Hispanic).
But Denver isn’t nearly as bad as most big cities, just practice common sense safety. Don’t go out along at night, you just make yourself a target. Don’t go bar-hopping and get drunk, you can’t defend yourself or read the situation accurately. Park in a well-lit area that’s not isolated. Pay attention to your environment, don’t walk down the street listening to music in your own little world.
The downtown areas have a lot of people out and about until fairly late – midnight or so. You should be safe if you aren’t stupid.
MM: Oh, and you know if the races were reversed that p.c. panderer AG Eric Holder would be flying to Denver right now (with race demagogue Al Sharpton in tow) to hold a press conference and vow to ensure the safety of the Mile High City’s residents.
Absolutely no doubt about it.
Like others here mentioned, this is why it’s so important for citizens to be armed. That way we can start putting down some of these rabid animals right there on the street.. No cost to taxpayers other than a short cleanup & a body bag to two.. These are extremely dangerous,racist individuals who carry weapons regardless of the laws, & have no problem “teaching whitey a lesson”, because they know that PC is protecting them. Especially since they watched Holder let off the black panthers for their crimes during the elections, so now they’re emboldened. Unfortunately that means we are left to fend for ourselves, Charles Bronson, Death Wish style..
I’ve probably mentioned this here before, I was held up with a 9mm to my head by a teenage homie and 5 of his NJ peeps on BMX bicycles back in 2003.
There were times during this encounter when said homie held his gun arm in such an ignorant way, that I could have snapped it in two, no less redirect the gun (if it was real) and put a bullet into his body.
The entire time he was waving, and looking away and tempting me with his gun arm, I remember thinking, “if I do any harm to this kid, even in self-defense, I guarantee that I will be the one who goes to the Hudson County, NJ jail tonight.”
How sick is that?!
BTW, after consulting a self-defense company’s brochure, shortly after my experience, I remember learning that mase, pepper spray, taser devices, expandable night sticks and just about anything else imaginable for self-defense were illegal to purchase in the State of New Jersey.
…proving, once again, that most Liberals are truly, spiteful idiots.
Las Vegas off-duty police officer shot last week in his own garage.
I tried to link to the story
Here is the link http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11536036
Move to Arizona–I’ll loan you a piece-hell I’ll GIVE you a piece.
And remember: Call 9-1-1 AFTER you call your lawyer. Despite all the hysteria over “Blood in the Streets, Old West Shoot Outs” robberies and muggings have gone down in almost every state that has passed Concealed Carry. Liberalized Concealed Carry Laws
God Bless America, except for the Blue States, and aim for center mass-repeatedly. Buenas noches-two hours of watching a four years old is hard work.
Here is a point that should not be missed concerning the slain officer.
“He served in the Marines for 9 1/2 years. He had a distinguished career and was part of the Presidential Guard under George W. Bush
And something about one of the assassins
“Williams has a juvenile record and pictures of him on MySpace show him gesturing gang signs”
I live in Denver and there were stories here and there in the local news about people being attacked downtown by large groups of people, but race never entered into it until a couple of months ago. This does not surprise me.
As an aside, I grew up here, worked in LoDo and live just outside downtown. A good rule of thumb is to stay well away from LoDo and 16th street as last call approaches, unless you want to be a part of the mass drunk exodus from the bars that line the streets. Easy pickins for thugs like these.
What would the odds have been of them to start telling the truth now?