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Is racism fueling claims about a Venezuelan gang “takeover” of apartment buildings in Aurora?
Colorado Sun ^ | 09/06/2024 | Jennifer Brownq

Posted on 09/07/2024 7:48:50 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

Anti-immigrant backlash is nothing new, say sociology and criminology experts, who point to attacks against Irish, Italian and Polish immigrants about 100 years ago

he profanity-filled text message called them “animals” and warned them to “be ready” for a militia gearing up to fight — because “everyone who hates illegals know where you live.”

Jerson, a Venezuelan who came to Colorado in December, had been selling empanadas, arepas and Gatorade to people living in his apartment complex as they finished their work day, and he had included his phone number on the green poster-board menu that he hung in his apartment window.

A photo of the menu — including his phone number — ended up on X, with the author of the post saying “Venezuelan gangs open restaurant.”

Then came the text: “I hope you know the Colorado veterans are building a militia with more fire power then you guys could ever imagine.”

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Residents more concerned about rodents, bed bugs, leaky ceilings

~snip~

“It 110% involved racism”

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Meanwhile, some city officials sided with the landlord and “blamed an ethnicity group,” Reeves said.

“It’s gross,” Reeves said.

Nadeen Ibrahim, who is the organizing director for the East Colfax Community Collective and has been helping people in east Denver and Aurora find housing, said the way the Venezuelan gang story blew up across the internet “110% involved racism.”

Tenants believe the public now thinks they are associated with criminal activity and that their apartment buildings are so dangerous that “people shouldn’t even go there without a police escort,” Ibrahim said.

(Excerpt) Read more at coloradosun.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aurora; jenniferbrown
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Being that I'm a considerate guy, I am posting the bullet points and leaving off the barfy points.
1 posted on 09/07/2024 7:48:50 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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Anti-immigrant backlash is nothing new, say sociology and criminology experts, who point to attacks against Irish, Italian and Polish immigrants about 100 years ago

So - Irish, Italian and Polish immigrants freely roamed the hall of apartment buildings with AR's?

2 posted on 09/07/2024 7:50:36 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Leaving Abortion up to the States is like Leaving Slavery up to the States.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

What deranged drivel did I just read?


3 posted on 09/07/2024 7:50:52 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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To: george76

Is leftist virtue signaling fueling this pathetic article, by the CO Sun??


4 posted on 09/07/2024 7:51:16 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Illegals who don’t rape and murder are the same as illegals who do. Eff them all.


5 posted on 09/07/2024 7:51:35 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: Antihero101607

To sum it up: If you’re against illegal immigration you’re a racist!


6 posted on 09/07/2024 7:52:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Jane Long

Okay then ..

It’s sexists too

All the gang members appear to be male


7 posted on 09/07/2024 7:52:42 AM PDT by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Is fear of being labeled a racist fueling denials of a Venezuelan gang “takeover” of apartment buildings in Aurora?,


8 posted on 09/07/2024 7:53:43 AM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well I dunno- let’s ask the terrorized and terrified residents who were victims of the gang members going door to door armed to the teeth


9 posted on 09/07/2024 7:53:50 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Responsibility2nd

That must have been a job of work leaving those off.

I think it might have been the video of men carrying all those guns which raised concerns about a gang taking over the apartments. But what do I know?


10 posted on 09/07/2024 7:54:36 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Anti ILLEGAL aliens, not anti immigrant.

They know there’s a difference, but that exposes their Leftist lies.


11 posted on 09/07/2024 7:54:51 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Racism is fueling the Dreamers in their invasion, murder, rape, and theft of whitey.


12 posted on 09/07/2024 7:54:53 AM PDT by cockroach_magoo (No one is above the law, but some are more above the law than others.)
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To: TheDon

Lol- the answer is a huge yes to that question.


13 posted on 09/07/2024 7:55:00 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Jane Long

Like most of the media, Colorado Sun is leftist garbage.


14 posted on 09/07/2024 7:55:06 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yawn.

American Leftist 1: “hey, we are in trouble over this armed migrant gang thing in Colorado. How do we solve this?”

American Leftist 2: “I know, whip out the racism thingy”


15 posted on 09/07/2024 7:55:48 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Responsibility2nd

Harris doesn’t want gun control for Illegals they must be free to kill


16 posted on 09/07/2024 7:56:43 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: TheDon

Zackly.


17 posted on 09/07/2024 7:58:24 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Antihero101607

What deranged drivel did I just read?

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You just read the excerpt. If you really want deranged drivel, read the whole article.


18 posted on 09/07/2024 7:58:43 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Leaving Abortion up to the States is like Leaving Slavery up to the States.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Brainless wenches like this are why women weren’t allowed to vote.


19 posted on 09/07/2024 8:00:41 AM PDT by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I wonder how her views might change if she had some up close experience with these misunderstood ’migrants’.


20 posted on 09/07/2024 8:01:11 AM PDT by 556x45
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