September 5, 2025 • 35 mins
In the first hour of today's show, Sheriff Steve Reams continues to fill in for Dan Caplis, and is joined by Danielle Jurinsky to talk about her efforts to recall Amy Padden and her quest for re-election.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Welcome to the Dan Kapler Show. Here on a beautiful Friday,
we had a little bit of change in weather and
it's cooled off some so kind of beating what was
the August heat end of September. As we go in
the fall, it's kind of a nice change. I'm looking
forward to not having to mow the lawn every weekend
hopefully real soon. Not necessarily looking forward to winter, but
then again, that's why people live in Colorado, so you
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can at least have four seasons. So yeah, like I said,
little change in the weather, it's welcomed in my book.
When you're a bigger guy, you don't necessarily like the heat.
So that's for one of one of my friends that's listening.
I'm sure he's getting the crack out of that right now.
But anyways, our show today is going to be a
little bit of a throwback to a story that you
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were hearing out of a Rapahoe County individual named Solomon Gallaghan,
if you'll remember, that individual had tried to kidnap I
think an eleven year old off of a playground. Fortunately,
he was caught in the act and arrested shortly thereafter
sent to jail. But unfortunately that individual was found incompetent
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to stand trial and released. And obviously there was a
big hubbub about hey, you know, what are we doing here?
How come we haven't pushed this case farther. You know,
this is this is a scary customer that's just going
to be released to the street. And you know, at
the at the particular moment when that decision was made,
it didn't sound like he was going to go into
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any kind of mental health treatment or you know, he
might just be unsupervised. Well, I had said during that
time that, hey, these cases aren't isolated to this one incident,
and I had hinted to the fact that there might
be one in one or two or several in Weld
County that were of a similar nature. Well, we're going
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to talk about that today because on Monday, if things
go as they are traveling through the court system right
now in Weld County, Colorado, we're going to have to
make that same decision about it. An individual that's in
my jail, and this individual, from what we can tell,
has ten unique contacts with law enforcement. And when I
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say that, that means ten individual instances where he's been
contacted and arrested from what we can tell. The most
recent one though, was in Weld County in Greeley, where
this individual was arrested and booked into my jail for
criminal attempt to commit second degree murder, first degree assault,
was serious bodily injury, engaging in a riot. Those three
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charges carry a two hundred and fifty thousand dollars bond.
In addition, he was charged with menacingeony, felony, menacing aggravated
without it there was no weapon from what I can
understand here, first degree burglary, and those two charges together
have a seventy five thousand dollars bond. And then he
was given two pr bonds for failure to appear on
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misdemeanor harassment and failure to appear on misdemeanor thefts from
prior charges. So, long story short, this individual is setting
in my jail on some very very serious charges. Now
having said that, he claims mental incompetency every time he
comes to jail or every time he's been in a jail,
to include mine, that's his defense. So he's done that
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again in this instance and he's been deemed not competent
to stand trial. So there's been a bunch of back
and forth between the Well County District Attorney Michael Rourke,
who I also had on this show to talk about
this very issue, and the Public Defender's Office who's representing
this individual, and they've gotten a mental competency hearing, our
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mental competency evaluation that's come back that basically says, hey,
there's nothing we can do to hold this guy accountable
for his actions. He's going to have to be released.
So my County Attorney's office, the Weld County County Attorney's office,
has been trying to figure out, you know, how can
we lean into this get this person situated, But ultimately
it's going to be a process where he ends up
being dealt with through the Department of Human Services, through
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some kind of adult protective services to try to figure
out if they can put some guardrails against around this
guy to keeping from further injuring someone. And when I
tell you that someone is being released or potentially being
released on an attempted second degree murder, it's got to
shock the conscience because as a law enforcement person, it
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shocks my conscience. It's beyond me to understand how this
person gets released to the street. But it's even more
complicated because there's video of this individual's crime. There's video
of him almost beating someone to death with his fists
in a public space in downtown Greatly and the person
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that he attacks is a little inebriated, you know, he's
had some he's had some drinks that night. He's trying
to stand between this person and some ladies that they're
all trying to just get to their car, and this
guy's you know, he's assaulted. But in the process, some
of his buddies are filming him, you know, filming his actions.
This video ends up getting posted to social media, and
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of course the victims family finds the video. I get
the video. Long story short, it's it's hard for me
to understand how this guy gets a ruling that he's
incompetent to stand trial. I'm hoping that by some miracle
of the criminal justice system, something changes by Monday, so
I'm not releasing his name yet, but you can bet
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in the event that nothing changes, he's going to be released.
I'm going to put out a press release to my
community and to everyone who wants to see it, saying, beware,
this person's getting out of custody. These were the charges
he was charged with, and you need to know that
he's going to be back out walking amongst you in society.
So in Weld County, where we still tell people, hey,
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you should carry a gun, you should take an interest
in your own self preservation, these are the folks that
you need to be able to protect yourself from. Kind
of a throwback to old Michael Brown who has his
taxpayer relief shots. That may be the only way this
guy gets dealt with. And it's even more complicated because
this person is not a US citizen. He is a
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refugee from another country. And again, until I know how
the thing's going to work out on Monday, I'm not
going to give his name or his country of origin.
But he is not a US citizen. He's here on
legal refugee status. And because he's not being convicted of
any of these crimes he's being arrested for, he's just
being allowed to go home. He's going to go home
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and live with his parents allegedly, so he hasn't talked
to his family since he's been in my jail from
what we can tell. But you know, that's obviously a
path for success. If this ticks you off like it
ticks me off, let me know text in five seven, seven,
three nine. You can start your text out with Dan,
let me know what you think about these kind of cases.
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Because this law change just happened in the last legislative cycle,
where all we need is one ruling that says this
person is not competent to stand trial, and it triggers
a time stamp where hey, we got to get this
guy out of custody within very short order. There's not
really a good appeal process for trying to figure out
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how to get another competency hearing and keep he or
she in the custody of law enforcement until we can
get a really good understanding of can this person actually
go to trial or not. So I lead in with
all of that because our guest in the next segment
is going to be Danielle Jorinsky, and Danielle Jirinsky is
probably one of the most outspoken political persons in the
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state of Colorado. And I say that as somebody who
I think is in the same category with me. I
tend to speak what I think. I put it out there.
I let the public know exactly where I'm coming from.
Danielle Jorinsky is cut from that same cloth, and she
did exactly that same thing when Solomon Gallaghan was released
from the Arapahoe County jail due to no prosecution from
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the DA and a rap ho Amy Padden. In fact,
Danielle is trying to recall Amy Padden, not just for
that issue, but for several others. So we'll have Danielle on.
We're going to talk with her about what's going on
in the city of Aurora, get her opinion about what's
happening up in Weld County. See if she's surprised by that.
And I think it's going to be a good show.
But I really do want to hear what you guys
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have to say. These issues matter to Colorado's and I
think when you're looking at what does bad Democrat policy
looks like, what does it look like? Man? This is
the prime example. This is what happens when you let
the loony left, as Dan would refer to him, make
the rules of your state. When someone can get a
mentally competent diagnosis or stamp put on them and get
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out of a jail for a tempted second degree murder.
I don't know what's going on there, but when you
can get out of jail for attempted second degree murder
for something as simple as that man, we got problems.
We got big problems, and we wonder why crime is
out of control in Colorado again. Text in five seven
seventy three nine starts your text out with Dan. We're
going to go to break here, but when we come back,
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we'll have Danielle Jorinsky on the line and we'll dive
into this topic even more, and hopefully after after her segment,
we can get to some phone calls and really get
your get your feedback, but send your send your comments in,
send your questions in, and as soon as as soon
as we get back with Danielle, h we'll dive into
that conversation and we'll ask your questions of her as well.
If you're listening to the Dan Capless Show here on
six point thirty k how with Well Kenny Sheriff Steve
(09:46):
Raims as your guest host.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
And now back to the Dan Tapless Show podcast We.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Want to Break. I was telling you about a little
up or impending doom that's coming to Weld County where
we're going to likely be forced to release an individual
who has been found incompetent to stand trial. He's mentally
incompetent for the charge of attempted second degree murder in
a whole host of things in addition to that, and
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it couldn't It just got me thinking about, well, gosh,
this just happened in Colorado in a Rapahoe County with
Solomon Gallaghan, and it's it's resulted in a huge effort
in that area to now recall the district attorney for
a Rapahoe County. And on the line with us is
the person who's leading that charge. That's Danielle Jorinsky. Danielle,
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how are you doing this afternoon?
Speaker 4 (10:43):
I am doing great here. Thanks for having me, you.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Bet, And I don't think we've ever got a chance
to meet in person, which is kind of crazy because
you say it kind of like you see it, and
I do too. So at some point we're gonna have
to We're gonna have to meet and see if we
can form a superpower or something.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
I love I love the work that you're doing, especially
in Aurora, because your mission is sound down there over
there with some of the issues you've brought up about
crime and things that are going on, and they've really
affected you in a very personal way. I want to
give you a chance, if you could, to kind of
explain to the listeners what activated you as a person
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who wanted to get involved in the Aurora City Council
and then what happened once you were on that council
that really kind of threw you into I'm going to
say super mom status if you would.
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Sure, it's a very very long story, but in a nutshell,
I decided to run for the Auror City Council first
and foremost because it is my hometown. I've been here
my entire life. But when I came into office, I
owned four bars and restaurants, and obviously the year twenty twenty,
the COVID pandemic, was a horrible year for me, for
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my staff, for my family. And meanwhile, that was also
the year that was the you know, deemed the Summer
of Love. Well it wasn't, wasn't I didn't feel very
much love that summer and the Denver metro area, Denvers
and specifically Aurora. You know, these protests were going on
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our city hall. Our windows were busted out, they broke
windows in the courthouse were burning up, you know, courtrooms.
It was terrible. Meanwhile, my businesses were still closed. And
the final, the final hammer dropped for me when we
were shut down the second time in twenty twenty and
the Aurrosity Council at that time brought forward to twenty
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dollars an hour minimum wage specific to Aurora. So that
is it. In a nutshell, I decided to run. I
was told I couldn't win. There's no way a conservative
Republican was going to win in Aurora. And I said,
you're wrong, and I ran. I won and I got
to work. I immediately charged after the police chief, who
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was terrible. She was out in the midst of these
They're not even they weren't even protest, they were riots.
She was in the middle of these riots, kneeling with
people that had signs that said deepnd the police.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
I gotta tell you, Danielle, during that time as a
law enforcement person, that was a punch in the gut
to watch, to watch the Denver chief, to watch the
Aurora chief go out and take knees and lock arms
with these people. I mean, I'm glad to hear it
wasn't just limited to the law enforcement community that was
blown away by this. But finished with your story, You're
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watching this thing go on as you're the Aurora you're
Auror City councilwoman now, and you're seeing your police chief
spiral out of control supporting these rioters.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
Yeah. So seven weeks after taking my os of office,
seven weeks after swearing in, I went on Stephanubb's radio
program and I called her what I believe her to be,
and that is trash uh for the city of Aurora. Well,
that started a whole fire storm. I didn't know that
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she had a girlfriend who had been working at the
Rapahoe County Department of Human Services for years, and that
spiraled into the false allegations against me regarding my son,
and I almost lost my son. So I went through
that battle. That woman is now in prison. You know,
It's been one fight after another for me. But we
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have gained so much ground in Aurora. I think we
have changed hearts. I think we have changed minds.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
We've also changed police chiefs.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
We we we have and we have a phenomenal he
is He is incredible. And finally I feel like I
have a police chief that I'm on the same page with.
So we are in good hands with Police Chief Todd Chamberlain, right,
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And what has changed. Our crime rates are down. We've
made we've made fighting crime a public you know, public priority.
And you know, then came the trenday A Ragua situation
and the previous interim police chief was was lying about
this transnational gang being here. Well, that just set me
off even more and I was bound and determined to
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continue to expose this. I thought the entire media, I thought,
the Aurora Police leadership, officers, Uh yeah, the governor. The
governor called the police on me, I thought Jason Crow,
I thought just about every Democrat in the state. But
the Aurora Police officers were key in this. The leadership
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absolute liars, but the officers were pivotal in this, in
providing me the information and telling me where to go
and telling me what to look for, and you know,
providing me the intel on trendy Aragua. And I'm now
a trenday Aragua gang experts really think you are, ye,
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So you know that that lit that whole fire storm.
I went in there with a gun and started moving
people out, and next thing I knew, President Trump came
to Aurora and wanted to meet with me and and
hold a rally. So it has been a whirlwind my
first four years on council. But I wouldn't trade any
of it, not any of the heartache, not any the fighting,
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not any of the peers, the lost Knights of Sleep.
It has all helped shape and mold everything that I
have become and everything that I have uncovered, and it
has made me an even more ferocious warrior. And the
Democrats have themselves to thank for that.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Yeah, absolutely they. I call you a firebrand because that's
exactly what you've become. I mean, you've you've become the
antithesis of everything that the Democrats hate. But you've got
a platform that you know, speaks for itself. You've you've
outlined quite a few things there that you've I mean,
you've you've been involved in in some messes, and not
because you created them, but because you're trying to tackle them,
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you know, the most recent being the trende Aragua issue.
But I shouldn't say that that's not the most recent one.
The most recent one is the Solomon Gallagan issue. And
I don't know if you've got a chance to listen,
but I'm going to be forced on Monday to release
an inmate from my jail under some very similar circumstances
to what happened with Solomon Gallaghan. This person's incompetent to
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stand trial. When we come back, I want you to
tell that story to the listeners about how you got
engaged in this Solomon Gallagan issue and exactly what you're
doing to correct it in your judicial district. Stick with
us through this break, if you would, Danielle. When we
come back, we'll tackle that and we'll dive into it deep.
If you're listening to the Dan Capless Show here on
six point thirty k HOW with Well County Sheriff Steve
Raams as your guest host, we'll be back in just
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a minute.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
So we went to break, we were speaking with Danielle Zorinsky,
and she was good enough to stay on with us
through the break, but she was kind of outlining her
rise to i'll call it political stardom here in Colorado
and her latest battle which is taking on the District
Attorney down in Arapahoe County. Danielle, thanks for sticking with us.
And I know that you've spoken about this a lot,
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But the Solomon Gallaghan case happens. This guy tries to
kidnap someone off, tries to kidnap an eleven year old
off of a playground, gets released by the DA's office
down there, and you know, because they're mentally incompetent to
stand trial. That was like the straw that broke the
camel's back for you, from what I can tell, with
Amy Padden, and you decided she can't be our DA
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anymore and you're working to recall her. Is that correct?
Speaker 4 (18:49):
Well, mostly I am working to recall her. What the
final straw for me which made me decide that she
is not fit to be RDA is the case the
tragic case of twenty four year old Kaitlyn Weaver and
Kitlyn Weaver, who was tragically killed by a fifteen year
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old illegal in this country, stole his mother's car, had
two younger siblings in the vehicle with him, and was
doing ninety miles per hour in a residential area. He
boned twenty four year old Kitlyn Weaver and killed her instantly.
The prior DA, John Kellner, who is a Republican, had
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told the Weaver family, you know, in this state laws
are very very criminal friendly to begin with, even more
so when it comes to juveniles. But John Kellner had
promised the Weaver family that he would at least go
for the two years in youth corrections that he could.
And Amy Patten comes into office. This selection happens, and
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obviously elections consequences, and Amy Patten comes into office, And
in this moment is exactly when politics should have been
put aside, and Amy should have honored what the previous
DA had told the Weaver family would be justice for them.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
She didn't do that.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
She put her activist hat on, she put her George
Soros funded hat on, and she gave this fifteen year
old illegal who murdered twenty four year old beautiful Caitlyn Weaver,
gave him three years probation. That is what set me
on fire.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
And what do you think the motivator? What do you
think the motivation for that, Danielle was. I know what
I believe it was, But what do you think the
motivation for her to switch that to three years probation
instead of two years in the in youth corrections, well.
Speaker 4 (20:55):
The motivation of that is absolutely activism. She ran on
a campaign, She ran on a camp paint to protect
the black and brown community and to protect juvenile I
think it's a campaign that she ran on.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
I think a large motivation was also to shield this
individual from the long arm of Ice.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
Well, and if that had any part to do with
her motivation, that just proves her further incompetency because Ice
went after him and his entire family.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
That's exactly right, that's exactly right. But if he's sitting
in a confined area trying to get him, you know,
it's pretty easy you wait until his release dates coming up.
But if he's out on probation, a little harder to wrangle.
And you know, also there's this thought process, well, he's
not a convicted criminal, you know, it's not as bad
a charge. He's out here in the public. I think
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it backfired on her. But regardless this this activated you,
but so did the Solomon Gallaghan case. Correct.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
The Solomon Gallaghan case just further fueled it. You know,
it is a state law But that just shows me
and competency of our state legislation and the fact that
folks in Colorado, in any part of Colorado, don't see this,
aren't realizing what is going on when they're voting for
a Democrat. You know, I tell people all the time,
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the Reagan day of politics and the Kennedy days of politics,
they no longer exist. Hims are different and Democrats are different,
and the fight looks different. But in this state specifically,
when you vote for a Democrat, you are voting for somebody,
even if even if they are themselves a moderate Democrat,
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once they get into office, they are owned by this
socialist group, this socialist faction that is eating the Democratic
Party alive in this state and in its sat And
you see some moderates try to stand up to them,
and they just get annihilated. You see moderate Democrats really good,
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pure designing constantly. Yes, we're getting pushed out, they're resigning,
they're they're they're it's they're being bullied.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Well so that you, I mean, you've described Amy Padden
as I'm going to say, a leftist. At least I've
heard you described her as part of that radical left agenda.
You've decided okay, she can't represent us, and you're taking action.
You you pulled a petition, You're you're working to get
her taken or working to get a recall on the
ballot to have her taken out as the DA or
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at least make her stand for her job. How's that going?
I mean, what's that process look like? How much traction
are you getting?
Speaker 4 (23:41):
You know, it's going pretty well. We have a ton
of people circulating petitions, We've gathered a ton of signatures.
I think people are pretty fired up about this.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
Sure.
Speaker 4 (23:52):
I mean I even have Democrats carrying petitions and circulating pets.
That's amazing. I tell people, I tell people, everybody wants
to feel safe. Everybody wants to feel safe. And if
this was your twenty four year old daughter, sister, granddaughter,
friend that was murdered in this manner and her murderer
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was given three years probation, it no longer matters. If
you're a Democrat, it no longer matters. So you know,
we're mobilized. We're doing what we can do. You know,
we're kind of doing it on our own, and whether
we are or aren't successful, we're sending a message.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Sure, absolutely, How many signatures do you have to gather?
Speaker 4 (24:38):
We have to gather seventy five thousand.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
And what do you think your progress looks like right now?
I know you don't want to tell the opposition exactly
where you're at. Are you? Are you halfway there? Are
you close? You're getting closer to the finish line? I mean,
or do you even know? I mean, there's a lot
of work out there.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
Yeah, it's hard, it's hard to tell. I mean, I
have some petition circulators, you know, that are circulating ten
twenty thirty, and I don't know exactly where everybody is at.
I know that I myself, I have gathered thousands on
my own, So you know, I think collectively, what I
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will say is collectively, as a group, we're definitely on track.
We are definitely on track.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
That's great news. And so if people they're listening to this,
they say, Van, I didn't know that our DA was
that far off the rails, and they want to get involved,
they want to come sign that petition. Where can they
look to do so? I know you you're pretty good
about putting stuff out on social media, But if somebody
wants to figure out where to sign one of these
what's the easiest way to do it.
Speaker 4 (25:39):
Yeah, I would love for them to email me at
Danelle for Aurora at gmail dot com. And that's s O. R.
Danielle for Aurora at gmail dot com. I do have
a couple of permanent locations set up. I just don't
like to announce that, you know, but please email me.
I'm happy to come to you your home if you
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want to gather some some neighbors together. Love to come
by and get everybody's signatures. I am I am fully
committed to this. Caitlyn Weavers life mattered, and I am
fully committed. So please email me at Danielle for Aurora
at gmail dot com.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
That's amazing. Before we let you go, Danielle, you know,
sometimes you take a lot of shots, so you don't
always get the praise that you deserve. So I want
to read a couple of these texts that have come
in while you've been on the show with us. It says,
I wish we had more Republican politicians who had the
strengthen guts. Danielle has to fight for good people. And
here's another one. Danielle Jorinsky is a great patriot. It says,
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like myself and you know those are just those are
those are things that they energize the base, right, Like
people listening to this say, hey, that's the kind of
politician we want out there fighting for us. Because you're
putting you're putting your your I mean, you're doing it,
You're getting it done. You're you're putting them your money
where your mouth is. I mean, you're out there working
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and there are a lot of people that talk, but
they don't get things done. You've only been in the
Aurora City Council for like four years. You've got a
resume that people who spend twenty thirty years in office
don't have. I mean, Michael Bennett be in one. It's impressive. Danielle.
I'm happy to have you on the show, and I'm
so happy that we're on the same side of the
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equation fight, in the same fight.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
Thank you so much. And I am up pre re election.
I was elected in the office in twenty twenty one.
Obviously this is twenty twenty five. I've spent my four years.
I will be on the ballot in Aurora. November fourth
is election day, so you can also visit my website
danyelfo Aurora dot com and all the support I can get.
I would love it and I want to continue fighting
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for my home, to my hometown.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
You deserve it and you've earned it again, Danielle, thank
you for being on the show. Everybody, get out there
and vote for Danielle. If you live in Aurora, go
get your ballot as soon as you can. Make sure
you mark her name to keep her in the spotlight. Danielle,
thanks again for being on the show.
Speaker 4 (28:03):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
All Right with that, we'll go to break. When we
come back, we'll get back to the text line and
the call line. You guys, keep them coming in. You
can text Dan five seven seven three nine I want
to know what you have to say about all this,
or you can call in three oh three seven one
three eight two five five. I love to mix it
up with you guys. We'll go to break. You listening
to Dan Capless show here on six thirty k How
with Well Kenny Sheriff Steve.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
Riems and now back to the Dan Taplass Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Out about it. She is definitely a warrior, which if
you're listening to the bumper music you'll get the reference.
Uh you know, I'm so refreshed when you when you
get someone in office who uh just does the job
you expect them to do. You know, they're out there
watching things, they're paying attention, and they're advocating for the citizens.
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It's it's it's kind of disheartening that it's not just
the norm. Danielle is definitely she's not cut from the
same cloth as a lot of politicians. She is a
fighter for sure. You know when we were when we
started out the show, I was telling you about an
incident that's say, an incident of impending doom, if you
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want to call it that, where the weld Kenny Courts
are about to force the release of an inmate that's
in my custody. I'm not going to say the inmate's
name because I'm hoping, beyond all hope that something changes
and I get a chance to hold on to him
or send him to a mental health facility of some kind.
But he's been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, which
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means this person who's sitting in my jail for a
second degree murder attempted second degree murder is going to
be released on the streets and basically scott free. He's
going to allegedly go back to living with his parents,
who he hasn't talked to the entire time he's been
in custody. What could possibly go wrong? You know, we've
seen that case that we've seen that same thing happen
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here in the Aurora area out of a Rapahoe County.
I don't want to see it be, you know, repeated
up in Weld County. I asked you, guys, what do
you think of this whole mental incompetency issue? There was
a ballot or there was a law change in the
last in the twenty twenty four legislative cycle. I guess
where basically one mental incompetency evaluation and it forces it
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triggers the action of releasing these folks. You can't keep
going back and forth and trying to find doctors that
will you know, we'll basically rule on the side of law.
You get basically one opinion, maybe one appeal, and then
you're stuck. The DA's are forced to start releasing these people.
And this is stuff that wasn't just passed solely by
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all Democrat legislators. There were some Republicans that signed on
to this as well. So I'll research the bill when
we're in a break, so I can give you the
bill number if you're really interested in going and looking
for it. But it's one that kind of flew under
the radar, except for maybe with the district attorneys out there.
But the consequences are dire. We we've got a situation
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here in Colorado where we already have a very overwhelmed
mental health system, we have a very overwhelmed judicial system.
You combine those two things together and you get people
who are not ever going to be held accountable for
their crimes, and then they're not going to receive treatment
once they get out as well. So huge problem. I
asked you guys, call in, text in, tell me what
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you think about this whole situation. You can text in
at five seven, seven, three nine, start your text out
with Dan, or call in at three oh three seven one,
three eight two five five. But we'll get to a
few of those texts. Here. I read someone Danielle was
on the air. I'll read the whole thing that was
sent in here says Danielle Jerinski is a great patriot
like yourself. I'd also like to see you have your
own show at this point, I'd like to see me
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have my own show too, because I am limited in
time for when I can still be the Weld County Sheriff.
I don't know exactly what that countdown is, but I
think we're down to like one year, three months and days.
I'll look that up here in a few minutes. But
here's another one. I think we need a competency hearing
for our state legislators who pass these laws that are
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hurtful to our law abiding citizens and protect criminals. And
that's from the real Ralph. You know what, that's a
good point, Ralph. I don't know if our legislators are
a lot of them could pass the competency hearing. It's
a mess. Here's another one. I agree with you wholeheartedly.
I'd also like to understand why jail intake forms have
an area to put citizenship status, yet police are not
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allowed to ask. You know, that's that's a great question.
It's because we have ridiculous laws written in this state
that are trying to handcuff law enforcement from doing the
job that they are sworn to do. You know, we
don't want any any inference that local law enforcement might
be doing some kind of coordination with ice, because gosh,
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if these people are here illegally. I mean, that's not
a crime, right, they're illegal immigrants. But we don't want
local law enforcement to be able to help our federal
partners in identifying who these folks are and sending them
back to where they came, especially those folks that law
enforcement's likely to come into contact with. I don't know
people who are violating the law here in the state
of Colorado. It's just it's ridiculous. But yes, once someone
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is picked up and brought to jail, they're not necessarily
asked what their immigration status is, but they're asked where
their country of origin is, and oftentimes that's to try
to figure out do you speak the English language? Do
you understand the laws of this nation? You know, how
do we deal with you in a processing situation? You know,
what's the best way to handle any religious beliefs you
may have, so a different need for asking that question.
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But to your point, why can't it be asked by
a cop on the street. I have no idea. I
have no idea. You'd have to ask the legislators that
passed the ridiculous laws here. Another text, extremely ticked off.
I only believe a change will take place if the
Colorado DEM politicians have something like this happened to someone
they can care about. You're right, and that's from Alexa.
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Alexa is a avid listener. But you hit the nail
on the head. You know, if one of these DEM legislators,
if they're family or they themselves, were attacked by one
of these crazies, it's getting released from jail because well,
they're incompetent to stand trial. And then you're the very
next person that gets attacked by that by that individual,
Your feelings about this probably change. I can tell you
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if you I wish I could show you a video
through radio. But this individual that's sitting in my jail
that's due to be released on Monday, if everything goes
as the court system is pushing things through right now,
the video of this person attacking a very innocent young man,
it's brutal, it's disgusting to watch, and it's sad. It's
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sad to see what law enforcement in the state of
Colorado has become. We're going to end this first hour
and try to get to a happier second hour. We're
going to have a person on who's running for HDC
sixty down in the Pueblo area. And now we're gonna
have a good friend of mine by the name of
Art del Queto, who is an expert on all things
border patrol. If you're listening to the Dan Cafleis Show,
(35:09):
here on six point thirty khun with Blounty Shriff Steve Riams.
This is Dan Caplis and welcome to today's online podcast
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Welcome to the Dan Kapler Show. Here on a beautiful Friday,
we had a little bit of change in weather and
it's cooled off some so kind of beating what was
the August heat end of September. As we go in
the fall, it's kind of a nice change. I'm looking
forward to not having to mow the lawn every weekend
hopefully real soon. Not necessarily looking forward to winter, but
then again, that's why people live in Colorado, so you
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can at least have four seasons. So yeah, like I said,
little change in the weather, it's welcomed in my book.
When you're a bigger guy, you don't necessarily like the heat.
So that's for one of one of my friends that's listening.
I'm sure he's getting the crack out of that right now.
But anyways, our show today is going to be a
little bit of a throwback to a story that you
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were hearing out of a Rapahoe County individual named Solomon Gallaghan,
if you'll remember, that individual had tried to kidnap I
think an eleven year old off of a playground. Fortunately,
he was caught in the act and arrested shortly thereafter
sent to jail. But unfortunately that individual was found incompetent
(01:18):
to stand trial and released. And obviously there was a
big hubbub about hey, you know, what are we doing here?
How come we haven't pushed this case farther. You know,
this is this is a scary customer that's just going
to be released to the street. And you know, at
the at the particular moment when that decision was made,
it didn't sound like he was going to go into
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any kind of mental health treatment or you know, he
might just be unsupervised. Well, I had said during that
time that, hey, these cases aren't isolated to this one incident,
and I had hinted to the fact that there might
be one in one or two or several in Weld
County that were of a similar nature. Well, we're going
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to talk about that today because on Monday, if things
go as they are traveling through the court system right
now in Weld County, Colorado, we're going to have to
make that same decision about it. An individual that's in
my jail, and this individual, from what we can tell,
has ten unique contacts with law enforcement. And when I
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say that, that means ten individual instances where he's been
contacted and arrested from what we can tell. The most
recent one though, was in Weld County in Greeley, where
this individual was arrested and booked into my jail for
criminal attempt to commit second degree murder, first degree assault,
was serious bodily injury, engaging in a riot. Those three
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charges carry a two hundred and fifty thousand dollars bond.
In addition, he was charged with menacingeony, felony, menacing aggravated
without it there was no weapon from what I can
understand here, first degree burglary, and those two charges together
have a seventy five thousand dollars bond. And then he
was given two pr bonds for failure to appear on
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misdemeanor harassment and failure to appear on misdemeanor thefts from
prior charges. So, long story short, this individual is setting
in my jail on some very very serious charges. Now
having said that, he claims mental incompetency every time he
comes to jail or every time he's been in a jail,
to include mine, that's his defense. So he's done that
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again in this instance and he's been deemed not competent
to stand trial. So there's been a bunch of back
and forth between the Well County District Attorney Michael Rourke,
who I also had on this show to talk about
this very issue, and the Public Defender's Office who's representing
this individual, and they've gotten a mental competency hearing, our
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mental competency evaluation that's come back that basically says, hey,
there's nothing we can do to hold this guy accountable
for his actions. He's going to have to be released.
So my County Attorney's office, the Weld County County Attorney's office,
has been trying to figure out, you know, how can
we lean into this get this person situated, But ultimately
it's going to be a process where he ends up
being dealt with through the Department of Human Services, through
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some kind of adult protective services to try to figure
out if they can put some guardrails against around this
guy to keeping from further injuring someone. And when I
tell you that someone is being released or potentially being
released on an attempted second degree murder, it's got to
shock the conscience because as a law enforcement person, it
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shocks my conscience. It's beyond me to understand how this
person gets released to the street. But it's even more
complicated because there's video of this individual's crime. There's video
of him almost beating someone to death with his fists
in a public space in downtown Greatly and the person
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that he attacks is a little inebriated, you know, he's
had some he's had some drinks that night. He's trying
to stand between this person and some ladies that they're
all trying to just get to their car, and this
guy's you know, he's assaulted. But in the process, some
of his buddies are filming him, you know, filming his actions.
This video ends up getting posted to social media, and
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of course the victims family finds the video. I get
the video. Long story short, it's it's hard for me
to understand how this guy gets a ruling that he's
incompetent to stand trial. I'm hoping that by some miracle
of the criminal justice system, something changes by Monday, so
I'm not releasing his name yet, but you can bet
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in the event that nothing changes, he's going to be released.
I'm going to put out a press release to my
community and to everyone who wants to see it, saying, beware,
this person's getting out of custody. These were the charges
he was charged with, and you need to know that
he's going to be back out walking amongst you in society.
So in Weld County, where we still tell people, hey,
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you should carry a gun, you should take an interest
in your own self preservation, these are the folks that
you need to be able to protect yourself from. Kind
of a throwback to old Michael Brown who has his
taxpayer relief shots. That may be the only way this
guy gets dealt with. And it's even more complicated because
this person is not a US citizen. He is a
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refugee from another country. And again, until I know how
the thing's going to work out on Monday, I'm not
going to give his name or his country of origin.
But he is not a US citizen. He's here on
legal refugee status. And because he's not being convicted of
any of these crimes he's being arrested for, he's just
being allowed to go home. He's going to go home
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and live with his parents allegedly, so he hasn't talked
to his family since he's been in my jail from
what we can tell. But you know, that's obviously a
path for success. If this ticks you off like it
ticks me off, let me know text in five seven, seven,
three nine. You can start your text out with Dan,
let me know what you think about these kind of cases.
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Because this law change just happened in the last legislative cycle,
where all we need is one ruling that says this
person is not competent to stand trial, and it triggers
a time stamp where hey, we got to get this
guy out of custody within very short order. There's not
really a good appeal process for trying to figure out
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how to get another competency hearing and keep he or
she in the custody of law enforcement until we can
get a really good understanding of can this person actually
go to trial or not. So I lead in with
all of that because our guest in the next segment
is going to be Danielle Jorinsky, and Danielle Jirinsky is
probably one of the most outspoken political persons in the
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state of Colorado. And I say that as somebody who
I think is in the same category with me. I
tend to speak what I think. I put it out there.
I let the public know exactly where I'm coming from.
Danielle Jorinsky is cut from that same cloth, and she
did exactly that same thing when Solomon Gallaghan was released
from the Arapahoe County jail due to no prosecution from
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the DA and a rap ho Amy Padden. In fact,
Danielle is trying to recall Amy Padden, not just for
that issue, but for several others. So we'll have Danielle on.
We're going to talk with her about what's going on
in the city of Aurora, get her opinion about what's
happening up in Weld County. See if she's surprised by that.
And I think it's going to be a good show.
But I really do want to hear what you guys
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have to say. These issues matter to Colorado's and I
think when you're looking at what does bad Democrat policy
looks like, what does it look like? Man? This is
the prime example. This is what happens when you let
the loony left, as Dan would refer to him, make
the rules of your state. When someone can get a
mentally competent diagnosis or stamp put on them and get
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out of a jail for a tempted second degree murder.
I don't know what's going on there, but when you
can get out of jail for attempted second degree murder
for something as simple as that man, we got problems.
We got big problems, and we wonder why crime is
out of control in Colorado again. Text in five seven
seventy three nine starts your text out with Dan. We're
going to go to break here, but when we come back,
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we'll have Danielle Jorinsky on the line and we'll dive
into this topic even more, and hopefully after after her segment,
we can get to some phone calls and really get
your get your feedback, but send your send your comments in,
send your questions in, and as soon as as soon
as we get back with Danielle, h we'll dive into
that conversation and we'll ask your questions of her as well.
If you're listening to the Dan Capless Show here on
six point thirty k how with Well Kenny Sheriff Steve
(09:46):
Raims as your guest host.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
And now back to the Dan Tapless Show podcast We.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
Want to Break. I was telling you about a little
up or impending doom that's coming to Weld County where
we're going to likely be forced to release an individual
who has been found incompetent to stand trial. He's mentally
incompetent for the charge of attempted second degree murder in
a whole host of things in addition to that, and
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it couldn't It just got me thinking about, well, gosh,
this just happened in Colorado in a Rapahoe County with
Solomon Gallaghan, and it's it's resulted in a huge effort
in that area to now recall the district attorney for
a Rapahoe County. And on the line with us is
the person who's leading that charge. That's Danielle Jorinsky. Danielle,
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how are you doing this afternoon?
Speaker 4 (10:43):
I am doing great here. Thanks for having me, you.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Bet, And I don't think we've ever got a chance
to meet in person, which is kind of crazy because
you say it kind of like you see it, and
I do too. So at some point we're gonna have
to We're gonna have to meet and see if we
can form a superpower or something.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
I love I love the work that you're doing, especially
in Aurora, because your mission is sound down there over
there with some of the issues you've brought up about
crime and things that are going on, and they've really
affected you in a very personal way. I want to
give you a chance, if you could, to kind of
explain to the listeners what activated you as a person
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who wanted to get involved in the Aurora City Council
and then what happened once you were on that council
that really kind of threw you into I'm going to
say super mom status if you would.
Speaker 4 (11:32):
Sure, it's a very very long story, but in a nutshell,
I decided to run for the Auror City Council first
and foremost because it is my hometown. I've been here
my entire life. But when I came into office, I
owned four bars and restaurants, and obviously the year twenty twenty,
the COVID pandemic, was a horrible year for me, for
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my staff, for my family. And meanwhile, that was also
the year that was the you know, deemed the Summer
of Love. Well it wasn't, wasn't I didn't feel very
much love that summer and the Denver metro area, Denvers
and specifically Aurora. You know, these protests were going on
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our city hall. Our windows were busted out, they broke
windows in the courthouse were burning up, you know, courtrooms.
It was terrible. Meanwhile, my businesses were still closed. And
the final, the final hammer dropped for me when we
were shut down the second time in twenty twenty and
the Aurrosity Council at that time brought forward to twenty
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dollars an hour minimum wage specific to Aurora. So that
is it. In a nutshell, I decided to run. I
was told I couldn't win. There's no way a conservative
Republican was going to win in Aurora. And I said,
you're wrong, and I ran. I won and I got
to work. I immediately charged after the police chief, who
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was terrible. She was out in the midst of these
They're not even they weren't even protest, they were riots.
She was in the middle of these riots, kneeling with
people that had signs that said deepnd the police.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
I gotta tell you, Danielle, during that time as a
law enforcement person, that was a punch in the gut
to watch, to watch the Denver chief, to watch the
Aurora chief go out and take knees and lock arms
with these people. I mean, I'm glad to hear it
wasn't just limited to the law enforcement community that was
blown away by this. But finished with your story, You're
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watching this thing go on as you're the Aurora you're
Auror City councilwoman now, and you're seeing your police chief
spiral out of control supporting these rioters.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
Yeah. So seven weeks after taking my os of office,
seven weeks after swearing in, I went on Stephanubb's radio
program and I called her what I believe her to be,
and that is trash uh for the city of Aurora. Well,
that started a whole fire storm. I didn't know that
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she had a girlfriend who had been working at the
Rapahoe County Department of Human Services for years, and that
spiraled into the false allegations against me regarding my son,
and I almost lost my son. So I went through
that battle. That woman is now in prison. You know,
It's been one fight after another for me. But we
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have gained so much ground in Aurora. I think we
have changed hearts. I think we have changed minds.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
We've also changed police chiefs.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
We we we have and we have a phenomenal he
is He is incredible. And finally I feel like I
have a police chief that I'm on the same page with.
So we are in good hands with Police Chief Todd Chamberlain, right,
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And what has changed. Our crime rates are down. We've
made we've made fighting crime a public you know, public priority.
And you know, then came the trenday A Ragua situation
and the previous interim police chief was was lying about
this transnational gang being here. Well, that just set me
off even more and I was bound and determined to
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continue to expose this. I thought the entire media, I thought,
the Aurora Police leadership, officers, Uh yeah, the governor. The
governor called the police on me, I thought Jason Crow,
I thought just about every Democrat in the state. But
the Aurora Police officers were key in this. The leadership
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absolute liars, but the officers were pivotal in this, in
providing me the information and telling me where to go
and telling me what to look for, and you know,
providing me the intel on trendy Aragua. And I'm now
a trenday Aragua gang experts really think you are, ye,
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So you know that that lit that whole fire storm.
I went in there with a gun and started moving
people out, and next thing I knew, President Trump came
to Aurora and wanted to meet with me and and
hold a rally. So it has been a whirlwind my
first four years on council. But I wouldn't trade any
of it, not any of the heartache, not any the fighting,
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not any of the peers, the lost Knights of Sleep.
It has all helped shape and mold everything that I
have become and everything that I have uncovered, and it
has made me an even more ferocious warrior. And the
Democrats have themselves to thank for that.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
Yeah, absolutely they. I call you a firebrand because that's
exactly what you've become. I mean, you've you've become the
antithesis of everything that the Democrats hate. But you've got
a platform that you know, speaks for itself. You've you've
outlined quite a few things there that you've I mean,
you've you've been involved in in some messes, and not
because you created them, but because you're trying to tackle them,
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you know, the most recent being the trende Aragua issue.
But I shouldn't say that that's not the most recent one.
The most recent one is the Solomon Gallagan issue. And
I don't know if you've got a chance to listen,
but I'm going to be forced on Monday to release
an inmate from my jail under some very similar circumstances
to what happened with Solomon Gallaghan. This person's incompetent to
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stand trial. When we come back, I want you to
tell that story to the listeners about how you got
engaged in this Solomon Gallagan issue and exactly what you're
doing to correct it in your judicial district. Stick with
us through this break, if you would, Danielle. When we
come back, we'll tackle that and we'll dive into it deep.
If you're listening to the Dan Capless Show here on
six point thirty k HOW with Well County Sheriff Steve
Raams as your guest host, we'll be back in just
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a minute.
Speaker 3 (17:57):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
So we went to break, we were speaking with Danielle Zorinsky,
and she was good enough to stay on with us
through the break, but she was kind of outlining her
rise to i'll call it political stardom here in Colorado
and her latest battle which is taking on the District
Attorney down in Arapahoe County. Danielle, thanks for sticking with us.
And I know that you've spoken about this a lot,
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But the Solomon Gallaghan case happens. This guy tries to
kidnap someone off, tries to kidnap an eleven year old
off of a playground, gets released by the DA's office
down there, and you know, because they're mentally incompetent to
stand trial. That was like the straw that broke the
camel's back for you, from what I can tell, with
Amy Padden, and you decided she can't be our DA
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anymore and you're working to recall her. Is that correct?
Speaker 4 (18:49):
Well, mostly I am working to recall her. What the
final straw for me which made me decide that she
is not fit to be RDA is the case the
tragic case of twenty four year old Kaitlyn Weaver and
Kitlyn Weaver, who was tragically killed by a fifteen year
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old illegal in this country, stole his mother's car, had
two younger siblings in the vehicle with him, and was
doing ninety miles per hour in a residential area. He
boned twenty four year old Kitlyn Weaver and killed her instantly.
The prior DA, John Kellner, who is a Republican, had
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told the Weaver family, you know, in this state laws
are very very criminal friendly to begin with, even more
so when it comes to juveniles. But John Kellner had
promised the Weaver family that he would at least go
for the two years in youth corrections that he could.
And Amy Patten comes into office. This selection happens, and
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obviously elections consequences, and Amy Patten comes into office, And
in this moment is exactly when politics should have been
put aside, and Amy should have honored what the previous
DA had told the Weaver family would be justice for them.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
She didn't do that.
Speaker 4 (20:23):
She put her activist hat on, she put her George
Soros funded hat on, and she gave this fifteen year
old illegal who murdered twenty four year old beautiful Caitlyn Weaver,
gave him three years probation. That is what set me
on fire.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
And what do you think the motivator? What do you
think the motivation for that, Danielle was. I know what
I believe it was, But what do you think the
motivation for her to switch that to three years probation
instead of two years in the in youth corrections, well.
Speaker 4 (20:55):
The motivation of that is absolutely activism. She ran on
a campaign, She ran on a camp paint to protect
the black and brown community and to protect juvenile I
think it's a campaign that she ran on.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
I think a large motivation was also to shield this
individual from the long arm of Ice.
Speaker 4 (21:15):
Well, and if that had any part to do with
her motivation, that just proves her further incompetency because Ice
went after him and his entire family.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
That's exactly right, that's exactly right. But if he's sitting
in a confined area trying to get him, you know,
it's pretty easy you wait until his release dates coming up.
But if he's out on probation, a little harder to wrangle.
And you know, also there's this thought process, well, he's
not a convicted criminal, you know, it's not as bad
a charge. He's out here in the public. I think
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it backfired on her. But regardless this this activated you,
but so did the Solomon Gallaghan case. Correct.
Speaker 4 (21:53):
The Solomon Gallaghan case just further fueled it. You know,
it is a state law But that just shows me
and competency of our state legislation and the fact that
folks in Colorado, in any part of Colorado, don't see this,
aren't realizing what is going on when they're voting for
a Democrat. You know, I tell people all the time,
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the Reagan day of politics and the Kennedy days of politics,
they no longer exist. Hims are different and Democrats are different,
and the fight looks different. But in this state specifically,
when you vote for a Democrat, you are voting for somebody,
even if even if they are themselves a moderate Democrat,
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once they get into office, they are owned by this
socialist group, this socialist faction that is eating the Democratic
Party alive in this state and in its sat And
you see some moderates try to stand up to them,
and they just get annihilated. You see moderate Democrats really good,
(23:05):
pure designing constantly. Yes, we're getting pushed out, they're resigning,
they're they're they're it's they're being bullied.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Well so that you, I mean, you've described Amy Padden
as I'm going to say, a leftist. At least I've
heard you described her as part of that radical left agenda.
You've decided okay, she can't represent us, and you're taking action.
You you pulled a petition, You're you're working to get
her taken or working to get a recall on the
ballot to have her taken out as the DA or
(23:34):
at least make her stand for her job. How's that going?
I mean, what's that process look like? How much traction
are you getting?
Speaker 4 (23:41):
You know, it's going pretty well. We have a ton
of people circulating petitions, We've gathered a ton of signatures.
I think people are pretty fired up about this.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
Sure.
Speaker 4 (23:52):
I mean I even have Democrats carrying petitions and circulating pets.
That's amazing. I tell people, I tell people, everybody wants
to feel safe. Everybody wants to feel safe. And if
this was your twenty four year old daughter, sister, granddaughter,
friend that was murdered in this manner and her murderer
(24:14):
was given three years probation, it no longer matters. If
you're a Democrat, it no longer matters. So you know,
we're mobilized. We're doing what we can do. You know,
we're kind of doing it on our own, and whether
we are or aren't successful, we're sending a message.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Sure, absolutely, How many signatures do you have to gather?
Speaker 4 (24:38):
We have to gather seventy five thousand.
Speaker 2 (24:40):
And what do you think your progress looks like right now?
I know you don't want to tell the opposition exactly
where you're at. Are you? Are you halfway there? Are
you close? You're getting closer to the finish line? I mean,
or do you even know? I mean, there's a lot
of work out there.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
Yeah, it's hard, it's hard to tell. I mean, I
have some petition circulators, you know, that are circulating ten
twenty thirty, and I don't know exactly where everybody is at.
I know that I myself, I have gathered thousands on
my own, So you know, I think collectively, what I
(25:13):
will say is collectively, as a group, we're definitely on track.
We are definitely on track.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
That's great news. And so if people they're listening to this,
they say, Van, I didn't know that our DA was
that far off the rails, and they want to get involved,
they want to come sign that petition. Where can they
look to do so? I know you you're pretty good
about putting stuff out on social media, But if somebody
wants to figure out where to sign one of these
what's the easiest way to do it.
Speaker 4 (25:39):
Yeah, I would love for them to email me at
Danelle for Aurora at gmail dot com. And that's s O. R.
Danielle for Aurora at gmail dot com. I do have
a couple of permanent locations set up. I just don't
like to announce that, you know, but please email me.
I'm happy to come to you your home if you
(26:01):
want to gather some some neighbors together. Love to come
by and get everybody's signatures. I am I am fully
committed to this. Caitlyn Weavers life mattered, and I am
fully committed. So please email me at Danielle for Aurora
at gmail dot com.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
That's amazing. Before we let you go, Danielle, you know,
sometimes you take a lot of shots, so you don't
always get the praise that you deserve. So I want
to read a couple of these texts that have come
in while you've been on the show with us. It says,
I wish we had more Republican politicians who had the
strengthen guts. Danielle has to fight for good people. And
here's another one. Danielle Jorinsky is a great patriot. It says,
(26:41):
like myself and you know those are just those are
those are things that they energize the base, right, Like
people listening to this say, hey, that's the kind of
politician we want out there fighting for us. Because you're
putting you're putting your your I mean, you're doing it,
You're getting it done. You're you're putting them your money
where your mouth is. I mean, you're out there working
(27:03):
and there are a lot of people that talk, but
they don't get things done. You've only been in the
Aurora City Council for like four years. You've got a
resume that people who spend twenty thirty years in office
don't have. I mean, Michael Bennett be in one. It's impressive. Danielle.
I'm happy to have you on the show, and I'm
so happy that we're on the same side of the
(27:24):
equation fight, in the same fight.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
Thank you so much. And I am up pre re election.
I was elected in the office in twenty twenty one.
Obviously this is twenty twenty five. I've spent my four years.
I will be on the ballot in Aurora. November fourth
is election day, so you can also visit my website
danyelfo Aurora dot com and all the support I can get.
I would love it and I want to continue fighting
(27:47):
for my home, to my hometown.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
You deserve it and you've earned it again, Danielle, thank
you for being on the show. Everybody, get out there
and vote for Danielle. If you live in Aurora, go
get your ballot as soon as you can. Make sure
you mark her name to keep her in the spotlight. Danielle,
thanks again for being on the show.
Speaker 4 (28:03):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
All Right with that, we'll go to break. When we
come back, we'll get back to the text line and
the call line. You guys, keep them coming in. You
can text Dan five seven seven three nine I want
to know what you have to say about all this,
or you can call in three oh three seven one
three eight two five five. I love to mix it
up with you guys. We'll go to break. You listening
to Dan Capless show here on six thirty k How
with Well Kenny Sheriff Steve.
Speaker 3 (28:24):
Riems and now back to the Dan Taplass Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Out about it. She is definitely a warrior, which if
you're listening to the bumper music you'll get the reference.
Uh you know, I'm so refreshed when you when you
get someone in office who uh just does the job
you expect them to do. You know, they're out there
watching things, they're paying attention, and they're advocating for the citizens.
(28:55):
It's it's it's kind of disheartening that it's not just
the norm. Danielle is definitely she's not cut from the
same cloth as a lot of politicians. She is a
fighter for sure. You know when we were when we
started out the show, I was telling you about an
incident that's say, an incident of impending doom, if you
(29:16):
want to call it that, where the weld Kenny Courts
are about to force the release of an inmate that's
in my custody. I'm not going to say the inmate's
name because I'm hoping, beyond all hope that something changes
and I get a chance to hold on to him
or send him to a mental health facility of some kind.
But he's been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, which
(29:39):
means this person who's sitting in my jail for a
second degree murder attempted second degree murder is going to
be released on the streets and basically scott free. He's
going to allegedly go back to living with his parents,
who he hasn't talked to the entire time he's been
in custody. What could possibly go wrong? You know, we've
seen that case that we've seen that same thing happen
(30:00):
here in the Aurora area out of a Rapahoe County.
I don't want to see it be, you know, repeated
up in Weld County. I asked you, guys, what do
you think of this whole mental incompetency issue? There was
a ballot or there was a law change in the
last in the twenty twenty four legislative cycle. I guess
where basically one mental incompetency evaluation and it forces it
(30:23):
triggers the action of releasing these folks. You can't keep
going back and forth and trying to find doctors that
will you know, we'll basically rule on the side of law.
You get basically one opinion, maybe one appeal, and then
you're stuck. The DA's are forced to start releasing these people.
And this is stuff that wasn't just passed solely by
(30:46):
all Democrat legislators. There were some Republicans that signed on
to this as well. So I'll research the bill when
we're in a break, so I can give you the
bill number if you're really interested in going and looking
for it. But it's one that kind of flew under
the radar, except for maybe with the district attorneys out there.
But the consequences are dire. We we've got a situation
(31:07):
here in Colorado where we already have a very overwhelmed
mental health system, we have a very overwhelmed judicial system.
You combine those two things together and you get people
who are not ever going to be held accountable for
their crimes, and then they're not going to receive treatment
once they get out as well. So huge problem. I
asked you guys, call in, text in, tell me what
(31:29):
you think about this whole situation. You can text in
at five seven, seven, three nine, start your text out
with Dan, or call in at three oh three seven one,
three eight two five five. But we'll get to a
few of those texts. Here. I read someone Danielle was
on the air. I'll read the whole thing that was
sent in here says Danielle Jerinski is a great patriot
like yourself. I'd also like to see you have your
own show at this point, I'd like to see me
(31:49):
have my own show too, because I am limited in
time for when I can still be the Weld County Sheriff.
I don't know exactly what that countdown is, but I
think we're down to like one year, three months and days.
I'll look that up here in a few minutes. But
here's another one. I think we need a competency hearing
for our state legislators who pass these laws that are
(32:09):
hurtful to our law abiding citizens and protect criminals. And
that's from the real Ralph. You know what, that's a
good point, Ralph. I don't know if our legislators are
a lot of them could pass the competency hearing. It's
a mess. Here's another one. I agree with you wholeheartedly.
I'd also like to understand why jail intake forms have
an area to put citizenship status, yet police are not
(32:31):
allowed to ask. You know, that's that's a great question.
It's because we have ridiculous laws written in this state
that are trying to handcuff law enforcement from doing the
job that they are sworn to do. You know, we
don't want any any inference that local law enforcement might
be doing some kind of coordination with ice, because gosh,
(32:54):
if these people are here illegally. I mean, that's not
a crime, right, they're illegal immigrants. But we don't want
local law enforcement to be able to help our federal
partners in identifying who these folks are and sending them
back to where they came, especially those folks that law
enforcement's likely to come into contact with. I don't know
people who are violating the law here in the state
of Colorado. It's just it's ridiculous. But yes, once someone
(33:18):
is picked up and brought to jail, they're not necessarily
asked what their immigration status is, but they're asked where
their country of origin is, and oftentimes that's to try
to figure out do you speak the English language? Do
you understand the laws of this nation? You know, how
do we deal with you in a processing situation? You know,
what's the best way to handle any religious beliefs you
may have, so a different need for asking that question.
(33:40):
But to your point, why can't it be asked by
a cop on the street. I have no idea. I
have no idea. You'd have to ask the legislators that
passed the ridiculous laws here. Another text, extremely ticked off.
I only believe a change will take place if the
Colorado DEM politicians have something like this happened to someone
they can care about. You're right, and that's from Alexa.
(34:02):
Alexa is a avid listener. But you hit the nail
on the head. You know, if one of these DEM legislators,
if they're family or they themselves, were attacked by one
of these crazies, it's getting released from jail because well,
they're incompetent to stand trial. And then you're the very
next person that gets attacked by that by that individual,
Your feelings about this probably change. I can tell you
(34:25):
if you I wish I could show you a video
through radio. But this individual that's sitting in my jail
that's due to be released on Monday, if everything goes
as the court system is pushing things through right now,
the video of this person attacking a very innocent young man,
it's brutal, it's disgusting to watch, and it's sad. It's
(34:48):
sad to see what law enforcement in the state of
Colorado has become. We're going to end this first hour
and try to get to a happier second hour. We're
going to have a person on who's running for HDC
sixty down in the Pueblo area. And now we're gonna
have a good friend of mine by the name of
Art del Queto, who is an expert on all things
border patrol. If you're listening to the Dan Cafleis Show,
(35:09):
here on six point thirty khun with Blounty Shriff Steve Riams.
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