Gee, wonder why we didn't hear about cops shooting/injuring 5 people in downtown Denver

[Nevilledog]

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Elise Schmelzer
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LOTS of unanswered questions about this police shooting in busy area of downtown last night. Several people were injured after police shot a suspect in a disturbance they say was armed, but police won't say how many others injured or how they were injured:

denverpost.com

Denver police injured five bystanders when they opened fire in the busy Lower Downtown nightlife district as bars closed early Sunday, shooting a man they allege pointed a gun at officers.
9:05 AM · Jul 17, 2022

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/07/17/20th-larimer-police-shooting/

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Denver police injured five bystanders when they opened fire in the busy Lower Downtown nightlife district as bars closed early Sunday, shooting a man they allege pointed a gun at officers.

Those bystanders — three women and two men — were either shot by police or injured with shrapnel from the officers’ bullets, Denver police said in a news release Sunday afternoon. All five are expected to survive.

The man police say pointed a gun at officers, 21-year-old Jordan Waddy, is also expected to survive his injuries. Waddy did not fire the gun, according to the news release. Police arrested him on suspicion of felony menacing and possession of a weapon by a previous offender.

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Cortes said he saw two men get into a fight and at least two Denver police officers approached and followed one of the men. He said he saw the officers pull out their guns and shoot the man, who he watched fall to the ground.

He said he did not see the man holding a weapon or hear the police give any warnings.

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Let me guess there's either no body cams or they malfunctioned.

Interesting how the cops shooting bystanders isn't getting any coverage.

[jimfields33]

1. It's in the Denver post. Seems like they reported it.

I don’t understand what you mean by why we didn’t hear about this?

[Nevilledog]

2. So tell me.... Did you see this on any media outside of local Denver coverage?

Would I be correct in assuming my post was the first you heard of it? Seriously, I'm interested in your answer.