Cliff Jordan

This man's name is John Hurley. Three year ago today, John was shopping in Arvada, Colorado, when someone started shooting. So Johnny found shot and killed the shooter. Then the @ArvadaPolice killed him. For days afterwards, the @cityofarvada tried to make it sound like Johnny had been killed by the shooter, but after multiple FOIA requests and investigations, they finally owned up to the fact that their officers killed him. According to their investigation, Kraig Brownlow is Johnny's killer. He shot Johnny in the back. Johnny was a hero, and one of the leaders of @WeAreChangeCO, an independent media group who seeks to, in their words "expose the fraud of the left/right paradigm, and reveal that the world truly functions on a top/down hierarchy that threatens to destroy free society as we know it." Months later, the government announced that Brownlow would not be held accountable for Johnny's killing, despite the fact that he never even attempted to positively ID him as the shooter, or even tell him to put his gun down before killing him. Johnny was facing away from Brownlow, and had already stopped shooting minutes before. In their statement, city officials said "this incident illustrates the nearly unfathomable decisions society asks our police officers to make as they go about their everyday work." It wasn't unfathomable for Johnny. He just identified the shooter and killed him. Apparently that's too much to ask from Johnny's killer. They then said "We hope our decision not to file charges will bring a small piece of closure to those affected and that in this finality there is some healing." Imagine killing someone, and then telling his loved ones that you hope your decision not to hold yourself accountable brings them closure and healing. Worse yet, the shooter apparently hated police and was attempting to kill as many as possible. Johnny saved the lives of Arvada Police officers. Those same police killed Johnny for saving them, and the government protected his killer. Johnny Hurley was a hero, even before he saved lives. The Arvada government isn't fit to clean his shoes, and we will not rest until the impediments to holding government accountable for their crimes are removed. On this day, I ask that you take a moment to remember Johnny's heroism, and the absolute travesty in how his killing was handled by the Arvada government. RIP Johnny. Thank you.