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Sep 4, 2024, 10 tweets

Today, I attended a press conference at the apartment complexes where national and local media have falsely reported that gangs have taken over.

Instead, we heard from residents who debunked this narrative and called out the slumlord responsible for forcing them to live in inhumane conditions.

This is a thread of what I saw and heard.

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Here is an abandoned apartment, and tenants report that these are the living conditions they are forced to endure while paying between $1,700 and $2,000 per month.

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Here are some of the messages residents have been receiving from their neighbors.

One individual shared their phone number throughout the complex to offer help, and this is the response they received:

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Here are videos of residents and their interpreters about what’s going on and their message to the community:

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One resident brought our mice traps with LIVING mice on them to show the conditions they are forced to live in:

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Then TRUMP supporting agitators came to continue the exploitation of this community for likes on TikTok, one of whom was armed.

Overall, this community was exploited by Aurora Mayor @AuroraMayorMike & @DaniJurinsky for political gain to support @realDonaldTrump this November. These apartment complexes aren’t being taken over by gangs, they have been exploited by a slumlord who is forcing these individuals to live in inhumane conditions.

This isn’t a “democrat” issue. Aurora is ran by the @GOP their failed policies have led to these horrific living conditions.

AURORA POLICE CHIEF: “But what we’re learning out here is that gang members have NOT taken over this complex.” — Interim Chief of Police for Aurora, CO: Heather Morris

Even the police department that is subjected to a consent decree for their racist practices against Black folks admit this narrative about a “gang takeover” is FLASE.

@AuroraMayorMike @DaniJurinsky @realDonaldTrump If Aurora Police wouldn't let an unarmed Black man named Kilyn Lewis hold a phone above his head for more than 8 seconds before killing him, what makes you think they would allow an armed gang to take over MULTIPLE apartment complexes?

@AuroraMayorMike @DaniJurinsky @realDonaldTrump Help us spread the word on Instagram as well! The world deserves to know that the @GOP lied to help their candidate win and election by spewing false anti-immigrant propaganda.

LINK TO INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/p/C_epwkVJMtC/…

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