So @tedwheeler is now on a personal crusade against an indigenous activist in our community @cozca503. This must be stopped. He stated through his enormous platform, “I would love to see that individual prosecuted as a repeat offender.”
He is the police commissioner.
He is the police commissioner.
To be clear, @cozca503 is a gem for our community. Passionate? Yes. Also, shows up. And showing up to protests under @tedwheeler’s reign means getting arrested. Now, because his pandemic dates are being interrupted by people he has gassed, he wants us all to pay.
And this is bigger than @cozca503. Most people arrested at protests charges don’t stick. Not because there is some flaw but because the charges are baseless, excessive, unconstitutional, or just minor. So applying repeat offenders status just makes committed protesters criminals.
And to pretend to be lenient by saying he isn’t pressing charges for an incidental swat as if he is just the bigger man, even saying it’s part of the job - only to follow that up by publicly calling on police to be the bad guy and arrest is exactly who Wheeler is.
He is fake, manipulative, vengeful, inconsiderate, and all around just selfish.
Also, this goes without saying but this is why we get death threats. Because our mayor calls us the enemy. It’s dangerous enough being BIPOC, the mayor publicly targeting us makes it so much worse.
When we go death threats he lied to media and said he called us.
When we go death threats he lied to media and said he called us.
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