UPDATE on Notes for Aurora Police Department Press Conference on Sept 20 2024
Once again here is a link to the video for this news conference. The news conference is almost 33 minutes long.
Chief Chamberlain Press Conference Sept 20 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxOfDGOEmwM
These notes are still not complete, but they are here so others can draw many of the points and can point to the exact spot during the press conference.
One of the most important points the chief made was that they were having a hard time identifying the persons in the video AND if those people were gang members. His entire point of the news conference was:
We are not by any means taken over by Venezuelan gangs, TdA, or any other gang. (8:27)
That statement has a certain silliness to it. If I am not mistake, this was the chief's second day on the job.
The other part that is silly is this video from ~three~ weeks earlier
APD officers have been proactively patrolling areas where there is suspected TdA activity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlIPPiBabAA
This video highlights the Interim Chief Heather Morris AND as the video is labeled by the police department itself; it says "suspected TdA activity"
TdA = Tren de Aragua
Below are the time marks again with additional notes.
Please note that at 5:26 he says that DHS and ICE are helping.
At 6:18 he implies DHS & ICE are not well prepared.
Press conference starts immediately
Outline announcement, agenda, & timeline
2:30 Key points
2:55 TdA or not? Issues with actual identification
3:40 Issues with positive identification of TdA
4:20 Emphasize, they will "focus on criminal behavior. This is not a focus on immigration status. (breath)"
4:50 "Those arrest are being held for their criminal acts and not their status."
5:26 "(#DHS) is definitely part of (every entity and every tool to hold people accountable), as well as #ICE"
5:50 "Reiterate, This is not an immigration issue. It's a crime issue. (breath)"
6:18 "The infrastructure in place by the federal government has not kept pace with the evolving challenges."
6:50 "Right now, again, for the vulnerable population and the **undocumented** individuals - in the city of Aurora - goes without question"
7:00 REPEATS POINTS without looking at notes, but appears to use fingers to enumerate ~anti-discrimination points~
7:30 "We are not going to over-police the population based on their race or ethnicity."
8:15 Looks up, appears to be done with prepared remarks
8:27 "But we are not by any means overwhelmed by that (crime) issue; We are not by any means taken over by Venezuelan gangs, TdA, or any other gang."
9:30 Passes microphone to "head detective Lt T.J. Tisdale"
9:55 "Lt D.J. Tisdale" with "Special Operations Division" steps up to microphone
MORE LATER
but in the last two minutes of the video they do say that there are ten (10) person under suspicion. It appears at this time (Sept 27, 2024 8:40 MT), they have 7 of 10 in custody. (per one of the local denver tv video reports)
At least two are suspects in a shooting that took place about 10 minutes after the viral video.
-- See also last 20 seconds
Aurora police identify 3 more suspects in viral apartment video; ICE discusses immigration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErBdV1-2Z0U
25 Sep 2024
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