1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: The Michael Barry Joe here is a very good example 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: of media bias in what they cover and how they 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:10,079 Speaker 1: cover it. I'm going to play two different reports of 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: the same story. The first one comes from CBS News Colorado. 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: Right now, police are on scene as dozens of people 6 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: living in a now condemned apartment building are evicted. 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, your reporter Justin Adams has been outside the fits 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 2: them into police apartments. It's located on Callfax and Nome Street. 9 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 2: That's where tensions are running pretty high right now. Justin, 10 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 2: what can you tell us what's happening this morning? 11 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 3: Well, right now, right behind us, you could go and 12 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 3: see the trash that is being picked up in this 13 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 3: parking lot and it just mounds and mounds of trash 14 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 3: that I've been here from earlier this morning. And police 15 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 3: officers arrived to the scene here at this apartment complex 16 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 3: just before seven am, carrying out evictions and now dozens 17 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 3: of tenants who used to live here are now looking 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 3: for a place to stay. You could see just the 19 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 3: red and blue X that are on these apartment doors, 20 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 3: and that's just a sick that this place has been 21 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 3: that they have already carried out the evictions that this 22 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 3: place has been vacated and now the cleanup begins here now. 23 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 3: We watched as code enforcement and police officers went door 24 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 3: to door to make sure that each of the apartment 25 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 3: was cleared out piles of trash. They're being cleared out 26 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 3: in the parking lot, which showed you that a little 27 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 3: bit earlier. But the City of Aurora they are also 28 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 3: paying for this trash to. 29 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 4: Be picked up. 30 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 3: Last week, the city gave the fifty families a notice 31 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 3: to vacates saying they're condemning the buildings, citing poor conditions 32 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 3: and code violations including rat infant stations, trash, and a 33 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 3: lack of heat and electricity. Tenant says that a week's 34 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 3: notice wasn't enough and they asked for a nine day 35 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,839 Speaker 3: extension and they weren't able to get that. The city 36 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 3: is now offering security to Positive Assistance, as well as 37 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 3: hotel vouchers and place bus passes to the residents as 38 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 3: they look for new places to stay. Now, as for 39 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 3: the apartment complex, you could see right now that there 40 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 3: are individuals who are carrying would to be able to 41 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 3: board up the doors. Were already seen a couple of 42 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 3: the windows off to our left that are being boarded up. 43 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 3: You can see a young man right now that's currently 44 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 3: taken that wood and looks like he's going to put 45 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 3: it over the glass over to our right. But that's 46 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 3: what will be the project for the rest of the 47 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 3: day here at this apartment complex as the doors and 48 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 3: windows will be boarded up in Aurora. I'm your reporter 49 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 3: Justin Adams covering col On First. 50 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: Now, this next report comes from ABC seven in Denver. 51 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: Same story, same sorry, same story, different channel. See if 52 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 1: you can spot the difference. 53 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,359 Speaker 5: Tonight, we are following up on the City of Awars 54 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 5: plans to close an apartment complex. It houses a large 55 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 5: population of new immigrants, and they're closing it because of 56 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 5: code violations. Some believe, though, there's more to the story, 57 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 5: and they say it involves a South American gang. Denver 58 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 5: seven's Brandon Richard shows us how city officials are responding 59 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 5: to those accusations. 60 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 4: Well, if you've been on social media here in the 61 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 4: last couple of weeks, you may have seen a lot 62 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 4: of information being shared about a Venezuelan gang that people 63 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,679 Speaker 4: say is causing all kinds of problems in Aurora. Well, 64 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 4: this morning we learn APD has set up a task 65 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 4: force to look into those allegations. The City of Aurora 66 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 4: says it's closing this apartment complex and your Colfax in 67 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 4: Peoria due to a long list of code violations going 68 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 4: back years. We are not buying this a 'or. City 69 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 4: Councilwoman Daniel Drinsky and some of her colleagues believe there's 70 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 4: more to the story. 71 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 6: We believe that yes, there code and violations, but this 72 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 6: started because of a gang takeover. That's what we believe. 73 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 4: The company that manages the site says the same thing, 74 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 4: that a gang from Venezuela ha taken over the property, 75 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 4: making it too dangerous for their staff to be there. 76 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 4: A rora please have not said whether those claims are true, 77 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 4: but say they are investigating. 78 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 7: I know it's venturings here, but it's not because people 79 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 7: from here. It's people from all places. Dot COM's here 80 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 7: looking for problems. 81 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 4: Residents at the complex told us snow manager has been 82 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 4: on site for a while. 83 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 7: We've been trying to get in touch with the manager. 84 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 7: He quit and we have no manager. 85 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 4: At a public safety meeting Thursday, Aurora Mayor Mike Couffin 86 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 4: once again pointed to code violations as the reason this 87 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:24,799 Speaker 4: city was closing the complex. 88 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 2: I know that the owners are talking about that that 89 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 2: it's a gang issue. 90 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 3: It's really the problems there. 91 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 4: I go way back. On top of creating a task 92 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,840 Speaker 4: force to look into alleged gang activity, a Rarer police 93 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 4: say they've also started reviewing criminal reports from the past 94 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 4: year to see if they were gang related. 95 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: So we're actively looking at those things right now in 96 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: conjunction with the task force, our federal and state partners. 97 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 4: Also, Council of Madridsky says it's long overdue. 98 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 6: I think it's coming maybe six to eight months too late. 99 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 6: But I hope that we are able to track some 100 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 6: of these people down. 101 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 4: But she hopes it will finally provide some answers. 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