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Over at the Intertubes, , I wrote the following as the description for this video:
Weld County Colorado District Attorney Ken Buck answers a question posed by Pam’s House Blend’s transgender new media reporter, which was to effect:
What message does the jury in the Angie Zapata Hate Crime Murder Trial send to transgender residents? What should trans people take away about the city of Greeley from this?
I didn’t get the whole question out because the DA was visibly lit up when I began asking my question, and thanked me for the question, and resulted in me losing my train of thought. Engh, such is life.
I lobbed him a soft ball, and he hit it out of the park with his answer. It’s only a 42 second YouTube, and I think it’s well worth the less than a minute it will take to hear the answer to the question.
Also, by the way, I was afraid before when I came to Greeley. Leaving, I’m afraid no more. The people here in this town were nothing but wonderful to me, and the convictions by the jury told me that Greeley, Colorado doesn’t tolerate hate violence against in their backyard. That the Greeley Police Department did such a thorough job in investigating this case, and that that the Weld County District Attorney’s office fought so vigorously for a First Degree Murder and Bias Motivated Crime conviction sends me the message that this city is going to fight to keep me safe.
I’m going to think of Greeley Colorado as my second home — I feel welcome here.
Below the fold is a video of the District attorney entire statement after the convictions, and all the questions all the reporters asked during that news conference.
At about the 8:15 minute mark in this video is where I posed my question to the District Attorney.
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WTG!Autumn,
Thanks for great coverage of the Zapata trial!
You were a great representative for new media and the LGBT community!
You know where the good coffee is already!
A very important consideration imo.
Safe travels, Autumn.
This was the most important message, that came from the whole tragedy of the Angie Zapata Murder. Anyone who doesn’t believe there is a difference between living in a state with no protections(Laws) for LGBT people psychologically need to rethink that thought again.
This is one reason why I chose to live in Colorado after living in Florida. This also gives me the chance to share this from Florida from Fight out Loud,
Hope you make it back to Colorado again soon, and under better circumstances. Have a safe flight home and hopefully next time we will get together, HUGGS, the HappyCat.
I remember that storyIt upsets me now as much as it did when I first read it.
Wasn’t the family from Seattle?
myself, I have known law enforcement officerswho believe a victim is a victim no matter who that victim is, who do what they do for the sake of human justice. I sensed we had that kind of crew at work in Greeley, Colorado. I followed the coverage and was very grateful you were there, Autumn, to bear witness both to the trial and the spirit behind it.
(By the way, who was that newscaster who interviewed you with Mike S.? I thought she rocked!)
That was Lisa Bloom……She’s civil rights attorney Gloria Alred’s daughter. After Ms. Bloom earned her law degree, she worked a few years in her Mom’s office. How kewl is that?
And if you didn’t know, Ms. Alread has been Silvia Rivera’s attorney — Sylvia Rivera being Gwen Araujo’s mom.
Circle of life, eh?
No, this is a different family,But the same crap happened to the family in a Fort Lauderdale hospital if my memory serves me right.
I will never understand the thinking or lack of thinking that goes on regarding visitation in hospitals. This kind of garbage is just plain meanness.
It is actions like this that makes me cringe when I hear these religious ass holes even attempt to say the Love the sinner, but hate the sin and yet they go out of their way to be cruel.
Just a week ago, I wrote to AFTAH and FRC about hate crimes to get a feel of what they may be using against Hate Crimes Legislation. All their false fears and claims they are being oppressed is just laughable, especially when you compare the treatment LGBT people receive, even at the hospital when a person’s partner is dying.
These jesus freaks don’t want anything but for all LGBT people to die.