By Kyla Pearce | Denver Gazette
Aurora councilmembers on Monday removed from the agenda a resolution that would have expressed the City Council’s “apology and condolences” to the family of a man killed by the police trying to arrest him for attempted homicide.
The decision prompted a “sit-in” on the Council floor and forced the Council meeting to move to another room, as protesters filled the floor below the dais and shouted Kilyn Lewis’s name.
The protesters took turns at the podium to speak over the sound of the Council meeting being livestreamed from the next room.
“I yield my time for item number 11.a.11,” protesters said, referring to the agenda item sponsored by Councilmember Alison Coombs.