DENVER (KDVR) — An activist who often speaks before the Aurora City Council filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, accusing the city of trying to silence her and other activists, but has also silenced the entire community in the process.
The lawsuit stems from action taken by council members on June 9. The group voted 7-3 in favor of moving the council meetings online to prevent disruptions while another lawsuit, filed on behalf of a man shot and killed by Aurora police, works its way through the court system.
Aurora City Council will not hold in-person meetings until Kilyn Lewis lawsuit concludes
At the same time, the group voted to stop all public comment while the meetings are held virtually.
On Wednesday, MiDian Shofner’s attorneys filed a lawsuit and requested an immediate injunction to end the ban on public comments. Shofner has spoken at Aurora City Council meetings during the public comment portion for the past year, according to a press release sent by her attorney, seeing accountability in the death of Kilyn Lewis, an unarmed Black man…