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On the news they showed 6 of their pictures-- ALL BLACK.
All of the victims are WHITE.
These savages brutally targeted- and beat up whites and tried to pul one white girl out of her car.
They videotaped themselves doing this- but the police won't release the disgusting video footage.
THIS IS A HATE CRIME AGAINST WHITES.
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UPDATE: The video shows the scumbags' pictures from the news broadcast.
http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUS...87-0e86e7ab6bb6
http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUS...47-c589c01ca7bf
Police beef up presence in LoDo following street violence
written by: Andrew Resnik (9NEWS Reporter)
Created: 6/26/2004 12:05 PM MDT - Updated: 6/26/2004 12:10 PM MDT
9NEWS reporter Andrew Resnik talks with merchants in LoDo about recent weekend street violence. 9NEWS at 10 p.m. June 25, 2004.
DENVER - Denver police plan another big show of force in Lower Downtown this weekend. They're trying to prevent an assault like the one that happened two weeks ago.
Early in the morning of Sunday, June 13, about a dozen people
gathered on Market Street and went on a rampage, attacking at least eight other people. Dozens of people witnessed the attacks that happened on a grid-locked Market Street, between 19th and 20th street
s.
Police still haven't located any of the victims but they do have videotape of some of the suspects.
"You could see it from righ
t here, to be honest with you," said Ian McClure, manager of LoDo's Bar and Grill. He said a group of young men stopped a vehicle and proceeded to break the windows out of the car.
"It was pretty disturbing, all while one person filmed the whole thing," he said.
A crowd quickly gathered. Police were called. They moved in with riot gear and pepper spray. Officers obtained a videotape of the attack and released pictures of some of the people on the tape, hoping to generate tips or even calls from the suspects themselves.
"I saw aggravated assaults on this videotape, but I think there was enough people acting togethe
r to make it a riotous situation," said Whitman.
Some in LoDo's business community called the show of police force overbearing, but most appreciated the effort.
"Obviousl
y there was an incident that happened downtown and we appreciate the fact that the Denver Police have kind of reacted to that," said John Murray with The Keg Steakhouse & Bar.
"Hopefully it won't defer
people from coming downtown because this is really a safe city," he said.
"This group that's come down in recent weeks, months to cause problems, we don't want it here, and if it means police have to do what they have to do to get them out, we're all for it," said McClure.
Business is already down a bit this summer as attendance at Rockies games has dipped. It has some merchants worried that the attack, and the subsequent police presence could keep other customers away.
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Denver police out in force to quell violence in LoDo
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http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,3...2236227,00.html
Article Published: Saturday, June 26, 2004
Denver police out in force to quell violence in LoDo
By Kieran Nicholson and Kirk Mitche
ll
Denver Post Staff Writers
Denver police were out in force again Friday night in Lower Downtown, trying to keep a lid on0 a recent outbreak of violence that included a videotaped "wilding" assault.
About a dozen assailants broke out the windows of a car and pummeled the people inside the vehicle while one of the assailants videotaped the violent episode, police said.
The assailants fled, but police now have possession of the video, have positively
identified three of the men, and are working to identify the others, Denver Police Chief Gerry Whitman said.
The victims in the car also fled the scene, but Whitman hopes they'll c
ome forward. Judging from the tape, the assaults were vicious, he said. "There are some pretty serious injuries."
Even if the victims don't come forward, police will still pursue felony charges against the assailants, Whitman said, adding that because of the number of men involved, charges could also include felony rioting.
Whitman declined to comment F
riday on how police came into possession of the tape.
The videotaped assault happened about 1:30 a.m. June 13 in the 1900 block of Market Street.
"It looked scary," said Ian McClure, a witness who works at LoDo's Bar and Grill, 1946 Market St. "It looked like a group of guys who were way too riled up."
Some LoDo business owners said the police response is over the top.
Frank Schultz, owner of
the Soiled Dove, 1949 Market St., said Denver police officers prevented many customers from getting to his bar last weekend.
"It's just overboard," Schultz said. "
;It definitely doesn't help business at all. Everyone pays the price for some idiots."
George Mannion, managing partner of Lodo's Bar and Grill, agreed that the Police Department's response has been overblown.
Last week about 50 police officers dressed in riot gear shut down part of Market Street at midnight, Mannion said.
"Their actions have certainly impacted business," Mannion said. "We do 20 percent of our business du
ring the week between midnight and 2 a.m. on a Friday night."
Mannion said he hires three off-duty police officers and a staff of 15 security guards to control patrons in his bar. But some groups of young people look for trouble at 2 a.m. during "let- out," when the bars close and thousands of people stream onto Market Street, he said
.
With so many young people intoxicated and on the street, it's inevitable that there will be some problems, Mannion said.
Some gang members hit the area at closing
time, he said.
"These thugs are looking for fun," Mannion said. "They just prey on the innocent young people. It's just random violence."
At 10:30 Friday night, LoDo venues were busy, but the rain kept many off the streets, including 27-year-old Ryan Nicholl, a bass player in the Fong Jones Band, which was appearing at the Soiled Dove.
"At 2 a.m. when the bars let out, it's crazy," said Nicholl, taking refuge under an awning. "I watch it when I'm packing my gear."
At the time, there we
re no police officers in sight.
There have been 28 reports of assaults in the LoDo area since the beginning of the year, Whitman said.
That number is not out of the ordinary compared to years past, but the viciousness of the recent attack and the fact that
it was videotaped is disturbing, he said.
"This type of conduct in downtown, I have never seen that before, to actually videotape your criminal conduct in the open lik
e that when there are multiple victims, it is pretty idiotic," Whitman said. "It is a pretty damning piece of evidence."
Staff writer Kieran Nicholson can be reached at 303-820-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com .
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http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/loca...2992725,00.html
LoDo teeming with officers
June 14 assaults result in increased pol
ice presence
By Owen S. Good, Rocky Mountain News
June 26, 2004
Fifty police officers, with riot gear available, were sent to lower downtown for a second-straight weekend after a band of hooligans assa
ulted passers-by this month.
Chief Gerry Whitman said Friday that he ordered the massive police presence to deter a group of 11 men, who filmed themselves kicking, punch
ing and dragging people from their cars, from coming back to roam LoDo after the bars close - and to keep copycats from doing the same.
"I think it's an isolated incident, that this happened in LoDo, but to have eight serious assaults - and a lot of smaller ones - and this videotape, it's something we had to react to very quickly," said Whitman, who planned to join his officers Friday night.
No one has been arrested, but Whitman said police confiscated the video after the assault. From it, police culled the faces of 11 men believed responsible for the assaults.
Three of the men have been identified. Investigators ha
ve leads on two others, Whitman said. Pictures of the remaining six were released to the news media Friday.
None of the assault victims has filed a complaint with police, Whitman
said. He said that investigators need them to come forward to identify the attackers.
Whitman said the group went up and down the 1900 block of Blake Street early Jun
e 14, punching people through open car windows, starting fights on the sidewalk and, in one instance, going through the pockets of one man.
"Some fight back; some don't fight back because they're overwhelmed by the group and try to cover themselves," Whitman said.
The men involved in the attacks are in their mid-20s and are black, police said.
The attacks don't appear to be a gang-initiation ritual, as has been rumored, Whitman said.
Whitman considers the assaults isolated and limited to the group of 11 men.
Before the June 14 incident, LoDo crime statistics had been normal compared with past years.
The 50 officers who cracked down on Lo
Do last weekend made 40 arrests not related to the assaults.
"It's pretty evident that we've got a lot of people that come
out of a high concentration of bars," Whitman said, "and this incident, with the serious assaults, that's enough. So we need a lot of officers down there,
and zero tolerance for all violations, to make whatever arrests we need to make."
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On the news they showed 6 of their pictures-- ALL BLACK.
All of the victims are WHITE.
These savages brutally targeted- and beat up whites and tried to pul one white girl out of her car.
They videotaped themselves doing this- but the police won't release the disgusting video footage.
THIS IS A HATE CRIME AGAINST WHITES.
********************************************************
UPDATE: The video shows the scumbags' pictures from the news broadcast.
http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUS...87-0e86e7ab6bb6
http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUS...47-c589c01ca7bf
Police beef up presence in LoDo following street violence
written by: Andrew Resnik (9NEWS Reporter)
Created: 6/26/2004 12:05 PM MDT - Updated: 6/26/2004 12:10 PM MDT
9NEWS reporter Andrew Resnik talks with merchants in LoDo about recent weekend street violence. 9NEWS at 10 p.m. June 25, 2004.
DENVER - Denver police plan another big show of force in Lower Downtown this weekend. They're trying to prevent an assault like the one that happened two weeks ago.
Early in the morning of Sunday, June 13, about a dozen people
gathered on Market Street and went on a rampage, attacking at least eight other people. Dozens of people witnessed the attacks that happened on a grid-locked Market Street, between 19th and 20th street
s.
Police still haven't located any of the victims but they do have videotape of some of the suspects.
"You could see it from righ
t here, to be honest with you," said Ian McClure, manager of LoDo's Bar and Grill. He said a group of young men stopped a vehicle and proceeded to break the windows out of the car.
"It was pretty disturbing, all while one person filmed the whole thing," he said.
A crowd quickly gathered. Police were called. They moved in with riot gear and pepper spray. Officers obtained a videotape of the attack and released pictures of some of the people on the tape, hoping to generate tips or even calls from the suspects themselves.
"I saw aggravated assaults on this videotape, but I think there was enough people acting togethe
r to make it a riotous situation," said Whitman.
Some in LoDo's business community called the show of police force overbearing, but most appreciated the effort.
"Obviousl
y there was an incident that happened downtown and we appreciate the fact that the Denver Police have kind of reacted to that," said John Murray with The Keg Steakhouse & Bar.
"Hopefully it won't defer
people from coming downtown because this is really a safe city," he said.
"This group that's come down in recent weeks, months to cause problems, we don't want it here, and if it means police have to do what they have to do to get them out, we're all for it," said McClure.
Business is already down a bit this summer as attendance at Rockies games has dipped. It has some merchants worried that the attack, and the subsequent police presence could keep other customers away.
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Denver police out in force to quell violence in LoDo
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http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,3...2236227,00.html
Article Published: Saturday, June 26, 2004
Denver police out in force to quell violence in LoDo
By Kieran Nicholson and Kirk Mitche
ll
Denver Post Staff Writers
Denver police were out in force again Friday night in Lower Downtown, trying to keep a lid on0 a recent outbreak of violence that included a videotaped "wilding" assault.
About a dozen assailants broke out the windows of a car and pummeled the people inside the vehicle while one of the assailants videotaped the violent episode, police said.
The assailants fled, but police now have possession of the video, have positively
identified three of the men, and are working to identify the others, Denver Police Chief Gerry Whitman said.
The victims in the car also fled the scene, but Whitman hopes they'll c
ome forward. Judging from the tape, the assaults were vicious, he said. "There are some pretty serious injuries."
Even if the victims don't come forward, police will still pursue felony charges against the assailants, Whitman said, adding that because of the number of men involved, charges could also include felony rioting.
Whitman declined to comment F
riday on how police came into possession of the tape.
The videotaped assault happened about 1:30 a.m. June 13 in the 1900 block of Market Street.
"It looked scary," said Ian McClure, a witness who works at LoDo's Bar and Grill, 1946 Market St. "It looked like a group of guys who were way too riled up."
Some LoDo business owners said the police response is over the top.
Frank Schultz, owner of
the Soiled Dove, 1949 Market St., said Denver police officers prevented many customers from getting to his bar last weekend.
"It's just overboard," Schultz said. "
;It definitely doesn't help business at all. Everyone pays the price for some idiots."
George Mannion, managing partner of Lodo's Bar and Grill, agreed that the Police Department's response has been overblown.
Last week about 50 police officers dressed in riot gear shut down part of Market Street at midnight, Mannion said.
"Their actions have certainly impacted business," Mannion said. "We do 20 percent of our business du
ring the week between midnight and 2 a.m. on a Friday night."
Mannion said he hires three off-duty police officers and a staff of 15 security guards to control patrons in his bar. But some groups of young people look for trouble at 2 a.m. during "let- out," when the bars close and thousands of people stream onto Market Street, he said
.
With so many young people intoxicated and on the street, it's inevitable that there will be some problems, Mannion said.
Some gang members hit the area at closing
time, he said.
"These thugs are looking for fun," Mannion said. "They just prey on the innocent young people. It's just random violence."
At 10:30 Friday night, LoDo venues were busy, but the rain kept many off the streets, including 27-year-old Ryan Nicholl, a bass player in the Fong Jones Band, which was appearing at the Soiled Dove.
"At 2 a.m. when the bars let out, it's crazy," said Nicholl, taking refuge under an awning. "I watch it when I'm packing my gear."
At the time, there we
re no police officers in sight.
There have been 28 reports of assaults in the LoDo area since the beginning of the year, Whitman said.
That number is not out of the ordinary compared to years past, but the viciousness of the recent attack and the fact that
it was videotaped is disturbing, he said.
"This type of conduct in downtown, I have never seen that before, to actually videotape your criminal conduct in the open lik
e that when there are multiple victims, it is pretty idiotic," Whitman said. "It is a pretty damning piece of evidence."
Staff writer Kieran Nicholson can be reached at 303-820-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com .
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http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/loca...2992725,00.html
LoDo teeming with officers
June 14 assaults result in increased pol
ice presence
By Owen S. Good, Rocky Mountain News
June 26, 2004
Fifty police officers, with riot gear available, were sent to lower downtown for a second-straight weekend after a band of hooligans assa
ulted passers-by this month.
Chief Gerry Whitman said Friday that he ordered the massive police presence to deter a group of 11 men, who filmed themselves kicking, punch
ing and dragging people from their cars, from coming back to roam LoDo after the bars close - and to keep copycats from doing the same.
"I think it's an isolated incident, that this happened in LoDo, but to have eight serious assaults - and a lot of smaller ones - and this videotape, it's something we had to react to very quickly," said Whitman, who planned to join his officers Friday night.
No one has been arrested, but Whitman said police confiscated the video after the assault. From it, police culled the faces of 11 men believed responsible for the assaults.
Three of the men have been identified. Investigators ha
ve leads on two others, Whitman said. Pictures of the remaining six were released to the news media Friday.
None of the assault victims has filed a complaint with police, Whitman
said. He said that investigators need them to come forward to identify the attackers.
Whitman said the group went up and down the 1900 block of Blake Street early Jun
e 14, punching people through open car windows, starting fights on the sidewalk and, in one instance, going through the pockets of one man.
"Some fight back; some don't fight back because they're overwhelmed by the group and try to cover themselves," Whitman said.
The men involved in the attacks are in their mid-20s and are black, police said.
The attacks don't appear to be a gang-initiation ritual, as has been rumored, Whitman said.
Whitman considers the assaults isolated and limited to the group of 11 men.
Before the June 14 incident, LoDo crime statistics had been normal compared with past years.
The 50 officers who cracked down on Lo
Do last weekend made 40 arrests not related to the assaults.
"It's pretty evident that we've got a lot of people that come
out of a high concentration of bars," Whitman said, "and this incident, with the serious assaults, that's enough. So we need a lot of officers down there,
and zero tolerance for all violations, to make whatever arrests we need to make."
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policians who protect Vandal criminals! Bring back Jim Crow, Esq.!!! As for me...
