Anti-ICE protesters held a rally outside the home of detention center warden
Abolish ICE Denver and a local communist group held a protest last Thursday night outside the home of the warden of a local detention facility. Three people were arrested and Aurora police and neighbors expressed disgust over the protesters’ behavior. From the Colorado Independent:
Hundreds of Abolish ICE Denver protesters flooded the quiet Aurora subdivision Thursday night where the local immigrant detention center warden lives.
They marched up to the home of the warden, Johnny Choate, chanting “Nazi fucks, get off our streets” and “power to the people.” Choate was not in his house Thursday night, according to a colleague…
Aurora Police said in a tweet about an hour after the protest that three men were arrested on suspicion of obstruction, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and that they will be prosecuted
Neighbors lined the streets of the Tollgate Crossing subdivision to watch, and in some cases to shout back at the marchers. The neighborhood HOA prepared for this and encouraged residents to put “no trespassing” signs outside their homes.
The rally lasted about 90 minutes and after it was over the Aurora PD Chief of Police described it as “vile and disgusting.”
What I saw tonite by many of U who protested in residential cmty w/children was vile&disgusting. @AuroraPD protects free speech, but your message was completely lost. U were out of your league. My cops were simply AMAZING despite your attempts to bait them into a confrontation! pic.twitter.com/nMwvsZekNH
— Chief Nick Metz (@APDChiefMetz) September 20, 2019
Here’s the kind of thing he’s referring to.
YouTube user “Munkay 83” again tells @AuroraPD to take out their guns and shoot each other. Does #AbolishIce not understand PD are there to protect their right to “peacefully” protest? This is disgusting @GovofCO @FBIDenver @TheJusticeDept #StandWithIce pic.twitter.com/4eeoKi8D4g
— Rosie memos (@almostjingo) September 20, 2019
More:
Here’s an #AbolishIce /Denver commie punk shouting at an Aurora police officer to “go home and swallow a bullet.” #StandWithICE #BackTheBlue https://t.co/fQQK5HjFMh
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 20, 2019
But local residents expressed support for the police:
It truly was sickening. Thank you for acknowledging our officers and their professionalism tonight. We also commend the community for their role in keeping everyone safe and their tolerance during this disruption to their ordinarily quiet community. https://t.co/1tr9enlQq5
— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) September 20, 2019
Thank you for your support. We are relieved no one was injured and are grateful for the community who endured so much disruption this evening. https://t.co/6ZYlGvCnit
— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) September 20, 2019
#YourSupportMatters We have received so many messages of thanks from residents of our @tgcmd_org neighborhood. We know this was very disruptive for your ordinarily quiet community. We also commend everyone for not getting baited into the agitators efforts to incite everyone. https://t.co/G9WP25iQGz
— Aurora Police Dept (@AuroraPD) September 20, 2019
There have been protests outside the ICE facility for months but this protest was organized as an escalation of that effort. Here’s an interview with the organizer:
This is straight out of the far-left playbook. No one is name-checking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez but she’s clearly an inspiration for these protesters.
Finally, here’s a local report on the protest which includes some reaction from neighbors who are, understandably, not happy at having a bunch of noisy communists marching in front of their homes:
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