Police Training Group Joined Proud Boys And Patriot Front In Disrupting Colorado Pride Celebration [VIDEO] JMG

Denver’s NBC affiliate reports:

A tactical training group is no longer participating in a planned event with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office after Able Shepherd’s leaders disrupted a PrideFest celebration last weekend. A group of approximately 70 men interrupted DougCo PrideFest’s family-friendly drag show on Saturday. The men, wearing shirts reading “Stand to Protect Children,” stood blocking the view of the performers for roughly 40 minutes until they were escorted out.

Able Shepherd issued a statement to media outlets on Wednesday simultaneously defending the protest’s aims while denying the company was involved. “The media has claimed that Able Shepherd was involved in the event. This is not true,” the company posted on Facebook. 9NEWS obtained an email that appeared to have been distributed by Able Shepherd’s email system, recruiting protesters to interrupt the DougCo PrideFest show.

Read the full article.

NEW: The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office says a tactical training group involved with an anti-PrideFest protest will no longer be included in a Sheriff’s Office event this week. #copolitics https://t.co/6L9HGp30i2

— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) August 31, 2023

Able Shepherd denied involvement with the anti-Pride protest but did not respond to 9News’ questions about an email that appeared to come from Able Shepherd’s email system recruiting protesters to show up in opposition to the event’s “perverse agenda.” pic.twitter.com/vhbWZlgVzS

— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) August 31, 2023

This Saturday’s Douglas County Pride Fest was protested by a number of different groups — Able Shepherd, Patriot Front, the Rocky Mountain Active Club, and the Proud Boys.https://t.co/pKcIDFVAsQ pic.twitter.com/Gfa0YiLL0j

— Colorado Times Recorder (@COTimesRecorder) August 30, 2023

Proud Boys have crashed Douglas County Pride #copolitics pic.twitter.com/H2nbkPBrcs

— McKenna Harford (@McKennaHarford) August 26, 2023

Douglas County group Able Shepherd disrupted the planned drag show at Pride by standing in the aisles and revealing shirts that say “stand to protect children” pic.twitter.com/HG213dhHEc

— McKenna Harford (@McKennaHarford) August 26, 2023

Also in the Able Shepherd protest group was Bill Jake, who gained fame in 2015 for trying to get a baker to make a cake that says "God Hates Gays."https://t.co/fzKFpPLtmf

— Heidi Beedle (@HeidiBeedle) August 30, 2023

Why we can’t trust the police to protect us

Chris H.2 days ago

Surprised…Not.

 

JW Swift  Chris H.2 days ago

It’s not a coincidence that those with authoritarian tendencies flock to jobs that give them authority over others…

JCF  JW Swift2 days ago

…and the ability to use violence.

Karl Dubhe IV 2 days ago

Protect kids? When you ban assault rifles, then I’ll take that rhetoric seriously. Until then, these fat bastards are just full of crap.

sherman 2 days ago

Cops

KHOU 11 Investigates discovered more than half of the cops in the Coffee City Police Department had been suspended, demoted or fired from their previous jobs. https://t.co/ygkpfTUC4W

— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) August 30, 2023

fuow  sherman2 days ago

One Fifth of their population are cops?

clay  fuow2 days ago

“Retirement lake community” for men who don’t want to admit they’re out of work.

unsavedheathen  sherman2 days ago

“A deputy constable suspended after a burglary victim’s laptop computer was found in his home.”

Suspended?

clay 2 days ago

“Tactical training group” == paramilitary recruitment for would-be vigilantes.

Unbordered American2 days ago

So if they’re SO concerned about protecting children, are they standing in front of church entrances and blocking entry?

kal61678 2 days ago

This is why I firmly believe that liberals need to join the military and police departments. If we want to “win” for good, we need to seize control of the mechanisms that society needs to function. The Nazis realized this a long time ago. They think they can get away with shit like this precisely because they think the cops have their backs.

Jerry Kott  kal616782 days ago

My spouse and I have had a front row seat to experience how they circle the wagons. The reality that our police will not investigate reported bullet holes in our property is a wake up call. And another wake up call was that no elected official, democrats included actually give a fuck.

John Caruso 2 days ago

So are we still pretending there’s only one “bad” apple?

The thin blue line is a proto-fascist organization

HopeLeft 2 days ago

Oh, good! They’ll “no longer be included in a Sheriff’s Office event this week.” What a penalty.
How about “are disqualified from participating in police action or training”? But of course not.

JCF  HopeLeft2 days ago

How about FIRED???

TK-Fla 2 days ago

And there doesn’t seem to be a person of color anywhere in that group. White racist Christian assholes. Fuck, I hate Christians and everything about their fucked up religion.

Max-1 🔫+cult(R)=☠️2 days ago

When police training units are intermingled with domestic terrorists and domestic terrorist organizations, I have to ask: who protects the community from their police when the police hang out and associate with known terrorist affiliations and groups?

The lack of self-awareness should be enough to alert the community that they are not safe from a police organization that Associates itself with known domestic terrorists.

When people say all cops are bad, this is an example.

J.Martindale2 days ago

Mind your own fucking business, busybodies. If parents want to take their kids to a family friendly drag show, it is none of your fucking business.