Denver Working to Take Down Anti-Harris Signs Put Up Around The City: 'Horrible And Racist Images'
Source: MEDIAite
Aug 30th, 2024, 10:09 am
Officials in Denver found several signs bolted to bus stops across the city that Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) described as including “horrible and racist images” and vowed to have them taken down immediately. The signs carried anti-Kamala Harris and anti-migrant messaging related to the 2024 presidential election.
Polis put out a statement saying, “There is no room for hate in our state — these horrible and racist images – funded by unknown groups- are meant to stoke fear and hate in our communities. I thank Denver Police for working quickly to end the defacement of public property and thank our Department of Public Safety for reaching out to Denver Police to assist. Coloradans reject this hate-fueled rhetoric and we won’t tolerate it — our fight to build a Colorado for All continues.”
Local media in Colorado noted that “similar signs were found at Chicago Transit Authority bus stops.” Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD), which runs the city’s buses, also put out a statement blasting the metal signs, saying, “RTD strongly condemns the hateful, discriminatory message portrayed by the signs,” the agency said in a release.
“There is no place for racism or discrimination at RTD or within the communities we serve. The signs do not reflect the organization’s adopted values or promote a welcoming transit environment for all, nor should such vile messaging be tolerated or supported by anyone.”
Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/denver-working-to-take-down-anti-harris-signs-put-up-around-the-city-horrible-and-racist-images/
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@GovofCO
There is no room for hate in our state — these horrible and racist images - funded by unknown groups- are meant to stoke fear and hate in our communities. I thank Denver Police for working quickly to end the defacement of public property and thank our Department of Public Safety for reaching out to Denver Police to assist. Coloradans reject this hate-fueled rhetoric and we won't tolerate it — our fight to build a Colorado for All continues.
2:04 PM · Aug 29, 2024
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Signs were posted along a three-mile stretch of the busy Colfax corridor overnight, RTD officials say
Posted 4:42 PM, Aug 29, 2024 and last updated 7:26 PM, Aug 29, 2024
By: Óscar Contreras
DENVER — Regional Transportation District (RTD) officials are working with law enforcement to determine who posted several racist, anti-immigrant signs at several bus stops along one of Denver’s busiest transit corridors overnight.
The first of at least three signs which reference Jim Crow-era laws and a perceived preferential treatment of immigrants coming from the southern border by the Biden administration over U.S. citizens, was found by a bus operator of Route 15 at around 5 a.m. Thursday, according to an RTD spokesperson. The route traverses a nearly 20-mile stretch from Denver’s Union Station to Tower Rd. in Aurora.
Regional Transportation District (RTD)
A racist and anti-immigrant sign posted on Colfax Ave. and Oneida St. in the early morning hours of Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024
The metal sign was attached to the bus stop’s pole with rivets and appeared to have been installed shortly before it was reported, the RTD spokesperson said in a statement. ... Two other signs were later found at bus stops near the intersections of Colfax and Garfield St., as well as Colfax and Yosemite St.
RTD officials were not aware of additional signs at other bus stops, but agency staff is working with Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) to check if any other signs have popped up elsewhere.
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I can't believe Denver has a Municipal Code like that.
If they ever had such a law - ever - it's been gone for more than 100 years.
This guy is just a sick individual.
by Denver Police, who are investigating the signs as a possible bias-motivated crime.
Possible?!!!
