Thread by @RealSpikeCohen

This man's name is John Hurley.

A year ago today, John was shopping in Arvada, Colorado, when someone started shooting. So Johnny went to the direction of the gunfire and shot the shooter.

Then the @ArvadaPolice killed him.

For days, the @cityofarvada tried to make it sound like Johnny had been killed by the shooter, but after multiple FOIA requests and investigations, they finally owned up to the fact that their officers killed him.

Johnny was a hero, and one of the leaders of @WeAreChangeCO, an independent media group who seeks to, in their words "expose the fraud of the left/right paradigm & reveal that the world truly functions on a top/down hierarchy that threatens to destroy free society as we know it."

Months later, the government announced that no one would be held accountable for Johnny's killing, despite the fact that Johnny's killer never even attempted to positively ID him as the shooter, or even tell him to put his gun down before killing him.

denver.cbslocal.com/2021/11/08/no-…

"This incident illustrates the nearly unfathomable decisions society asks our police officers to make as they go about their everyday work."

It wasn't unfathomable for Johnny. He just identified the shooter & killed him. Apparently that's too much to ask from the Thin Blue Line.

"We hope our decision not to file charges will bring a small piece of closure to those affected and that in this finality there is some healing."

Imagine killing someone and telling their loved ones you hope your decision not to be held accountable brings them closure & healing.

Worse yet, the shooter apparently hated police and was attempting to kill as many as possible. Johnny saved the lives of Arvada Police officers, they killed him for it, and government protected his killers.

Whomever killed Johnny should have been punished to the fullest extent of the law, just like they would if a civilian killed one of them.

Johnny Hurley was a hero, even before he saved lives. The Arvada government isn't fit to clean his shoes, and we will not rest until the impediments to holding government accountable for their crimes are removed.

On this day, I ask that you take a moment to remember Johnny's heroism, and the absolute travesty in how his killing was handled by the Arvada government.

RIP Johnny.
Thank you.

For those asking, the name of Johnny's killer is Kraig Brownlow.
thedenverchannel.com/news/local-new…

More details on this case from @FordFischer.

Johnny was shot from behind, and as far as I can tell, no attempt was made to positively ID Johnny as the shooter, and no verbal commands were given.

Here's a photo of Johnny at a police accountability protest a few years ago.

He held up a mirror at the police, for them to look at themselves.

The people who are reading this thread, and concluding that the solution is to only allow the bad guys with badges to own firearms like this, should probably re-read it.

Johnny was killed by the very people who these folks think should only have these weapons legally.

"Well I guess that means good guys with guns can't fix this."

No, it means the good guys don't wear badges, and you've wanted to disarm the wrong people.

In gun-grabber utopia, the gunman would still have a gun (illegally), he'd still kill the officer, Johnny would still kill him, police would still kill Johnny, and then all they'd have to say is "well, Johnny shouldn't have had a gun."

And hoplophobes would gleefully nod along.