Today I am thankful I was late to a movie: I think I missed the worst of a crisis situation.
I hate Century 16.
It's the theater James Holmes shot up on a hot July day.
Century 16 is an anti-gun theater. They have signs posted that forbid citizens from concealed carry. The business owners can do whatever the heck they want to do. I have (hopefully had) a stalker. I had to do what kept me safe. I avoided the place.
Of course, in the real world, homicidal maniacs don't typically obey posted signage.
I thought I'd give the theater a second chance after they said they would not collect attorney fees from the victims who unsuccessfully sued them for their anti-gun stance.
That was the worst $36.00 I've spent on Fandango.
I'm never going back to that theater.
I promised to take my kiddos to the 6:20 showing of Rogue One.
I was at a mall, hoping to get my children something to eat before the movie started.
I never made it into the mall. My children and I still got an eyeful.
http://kdvr.com/2016/12/26/aurora-mall-evacuated-after-large-disturbance/
I saw a young black female thrown to the ground by a cop.
It had better not be an Aurora officer. I love most Aurora cops. I've seen some behavior though that I do not approve of, behavior that the city officials and lawyers excused.
I'm not thrilled about the officer that arrested a rape victim for saying a word that meant vagina. She beat and arrested a woman for saying the word cunt. The charge was "verbal abuse of an officer."
I'm sorry....someone grabs my cunt, I'm gonna use that word. Any cop who arrests a woman for saying that word because it hurts her feelings is a tax wasting pussy (the word pussy is not the insult there). As hard as it is for a woman to call another woman a pussy, it's harder to realize that there really is no word strong enough for a cop who arrests a rape victim for describing her attack because she finds a word offensive.
It could be that the cop was a rape victim treated poorly by the military. I think she was the latter.
It doesn't matter.
False arrest and malicious prosecution steal funds from taxpayers. It costs the police officers the trust of the people. Losing the trust of the people will cost police officers and city officials a heck of a lot more in the long run.
Of course, Aurora cops don't take stalking reports. Last week, when I told an Aurora dispatcher I had trouble seeing in the dark, she wanted detailed physical descriptions of two people in front of my house fighting over a parking spot. Umm...what part of "I can't see in the dark" did she not understand?
Sigh...
It's a comedy of errors.
I was rear-ended not too long ago. I let the other driver go because I feared she'd get shot by the cops.
That's what cities lose. They lose revenue. When I was rear ended, there were a lot of police shootings in the news. People of color are a little nervous. It wasn't worth it to call the police.
Today was worse.
My daughter saw another woman being dragged by her hair by a cop.
The Mayor needs explain what the hell happened that warranted that type of abuse of kids.
The news is staying mum.
Did those kids have guns?
Why are they being beaten and dragged?
There needs to be an explanation.
So far, there isn't one.
Heads up.....there needs to be a REAL explanation.
I predict a few lawsuits.
*****
I've lived a few dark years.
I've tried to get into the mind of creeps.
If I were a terrorist,
I'd cause a disturbance to lure as many cops to one location as I could....
then I'd pull some stupid stunt across town.
Right now, at the time of this writing, we have too many of our cops in one location.
I've decided not to spend any more money in Aurora or Denver tonight. I'll buy our supper in Parker.
I think it's safer there tonight. Parker's cops aren't in Aurora.
I wouldn't put it past a terrorist to do something stupid here or in Denver.
I have a word of warning for the higher ups:
Think things through before you react.
Never put all of your eggs in one basket.
The name Aurora is certainly fitting; the Pagans believe that the goddess Aurora didn't think things through, either (Google Aurora, Circada).
I've got to go calm down some kids who saw too much today.
The youngest is crying.
Damn you stupid abusive cops....what's your mantra?
Is it...
if it moves, drag it buy the hair and beat it?
You've got to improve your image. The few assholes are making the rest of you look bad.
I just saw a news flash that said that Denver cops were on the scene.
That could explain the dragging crap....
A word of warning to Aurora cops -
be mindful with whom you associate,
you don't want Denver's Police brutality shit to stick to you.
Damn.....
Edit: Now the news is reporting that this was something set up on the Internet and that many locations across the nation were involved.
Again...pay attention....
If this were a nationwide incident...
Why weren't the police aware of the chatter?
Hindsight is 20/20.
I can't fault them for not being psychic.
I can ask...
Who is behind this?
Who is watching?
Who is to say that this wasn't a practice run?
The next time there may be a second incident while the officers are busy at the mall.
It's been years since I've bought anything at that mall. I probably will never visit it again.
******
I've been accused of being a conspiracy theorist before.
It's only a theory until it is proven.
Conspiracies happen all the time!
******
Remember...
the children who were harassed today
will be the taxpayers of tomorrow.
Would I have fought tax hikes if Denver's bike cops James and Miller hadn't thrown me to the ground on a June day in 1987?
Probably not......
I never told anyone what happened when I tried to report the pushy cops. Let's just say, that was a lesson in the need for transparency.
Many government officials and employees are not held accountable for their behavior. That's probably why I woke up when an Aurora Tax Audit Supervisor stole $500 from my family because my ex husband had a Sudoko book on his desk. I never really got a straight answer from the city. They took the money for a variety of reasons and put it in this woman's travel fund.
What they did was wrong. Having the Assistant City Attorney taunt me over it was stupid.
It took me too long to realize why I was pissed. I've long been at the mercy of government officials who were not accountable for anyone. I started that journey as a foster child.
Some government employees are untouchable.
They shouldn't be.
It's sad.
*******
Respect must go all around.
City officers ought to behave
or they'll pay the price later.
Teenagers grow up.
How do you want them to think of you when they're at the ballot box deciding on a funding initiative?
How do you think that young lady thrown to the ground will vote in just a few years?
I'll try to post the pics we took today if I can post them. There were a lot of cops there.
NEXT DAY EDIT:
This is interesting: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kentucky-s-mall-st-matthews-shuts-down-after-brawls-involving-n486341
The same thing happened exactly one year ago.
Who is behind it?
Why?