Downtown Denver

[Not_A_Llama]

I work by Union Station. Most days I walk a couple blocks for cheaper parking. Nice to see uprooted plants and pigeons eating barf in the morning. If I'm working nights, I pay extra to park in the building.

LoDo is dangerous as hell, and the serious bodily injury scenarios that you'd be justified using firearms for require extra risk taking on your part to avoid the wrath of an overzealous DA.

It's amazingly wrong that I'm as scared of politics/career oriented prosecutors as I am of the roving bands of "unarmed" drugged-up thugs.

PS: Anyone remember this? The only thing scarier than DPD's handling is how fast it's faded from the memory of the general public: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...21/detail.html

[rockhound]

there were 60 something attacks (as I recall) last year downtown, ( on young white men.) hickenlooper played down the facts so that LODO wouldn't go belly up.

check out the crime map in LODO just in the last two months

http://www.spotcrime.com/co/denver/lodo

[COLOSHOOTR]

I work by Union Station. Most days I walk a couple blocks for cheaper parking. Nice to see uprooted plants and pigeons eating barf in the morning. If I'm working nights, I pay extra to park in the building.

LoDo is dangerous as hell, and the serious bodily injury scenarios that you'd be justified using firearms for require extra risk taking on your part to avoid the wrath of an overzealous DA.

It's amazingly wrong that I'm as scared of politics/career oriented prosecutors as I am of the roving bands of "unarmed" drugged-up thugs.

PS: Anyone remember this? The only thing scarier than DPD's handling is how fast it's faded from the memory of the general public: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...21/detail.html

Why do you assume that it had anything to do with the DPD. I'm sure the way that it was handled was a political move dictated by the Mayors office.

If DPD wouldn't actually be bigger dicks to us than to the criminals, I'd almost suggest that groups of armed citizens wandering the downtown area on the weekend would put an end to this silliness.

I think you've been watching too much of the liberal medias reporting about Denver..... I've never heard of a Denver cop arrest anyone for having a so called assault weapon even though the ban is on the books. I've never heard of them going and harassing legally armed citizens just for fun. So how is it you form the idea that the DPD is a bunch of A holes? Sure the liberal government in Denver is anti gun but that doesn't mean the cops are. The ones who do yell at you for legally carrying are idiots and I guarantee that they are the minority and are likely not well liked by their peers.

Don't bash all cops for the acts of a few. Doing that makes you no better then the anti gun crowd who says that one nut doing something dumb with a gun should mean none of us should own them......

[Not_A_Llama]

Why do you assume that it had anything to do with the DPD. I'm sure the way that it was handled was a political move dictated by the Mayors office.

I was under the impression that "just following orders" was considered to be a morally and legally weak defense.

[sbouslog]

I go out down there once every two months or so. The key is to know your surroundings and avoid dangerous situations. To me it would depend on how large the gash in the girls foot was. If it is going to heal on it's own then just go the opposite direction. There is no point in trying to talk trash to a group of drunken losers. If the gash is large and your girl needs medical assistance then call the police and have them pick up the one responsible. He is probably never going to end up paying for the medical bills but chances are the guy has priors and an assault charge might be enough to put him away for a year or so.

Whenever you are in a situation like this you have to remember that you probably have more to lose then they do. Confronting the group on your own will do you no good.

[Graves]

I go out down there once every two months or so. The key is to know your surroundings and avoid dangerous situations. To me it would depend on how large the gash in the girls foot was. If it is going to heal on it's own then just go the opposite direction. There is no point in trying to talk trash to a group of drunken losers. If the gash is large and your girl needs medical assistance then call the police and have them pick up the one responsible. He is probably never going to end up paying for the medical bills but chances are the guy has priors and an assault charge might be enough to put him away for a year or so.

Whenever you are in a situation like this you have to remember that you probably have more to lose then they do. Confronting the group on your own will do you no good.

The motherfucker who purposely hurts my wife will surely have some medical bills of his own and that'd be best case scenario for him. I never leave home "on my own". Then again, I never dwell loser-ville late at night either.

[alxone]

loser-ville

really graves ? so you think thorton is so much better ? im sure there are plenty of scumbags up in thorton too .

[Graves]

really graves ? so you think thorton is so much better ? im sure there are plenty of scumbags up in thorton too .

Yeah, worlds better. Sorry but Denver's a f**king s**thole.

I'm actually in Brighton though.

[n8tive97]

My wife's sister got jumped by a bunch of the bandido (biker gang) bitches one night on 6th street in Austin. I was pulling them off her by their hair. Then I got jumped by them. I'm 6'2" 280lbs and was holding my own until 2 more showed up. Some of the people, men and women, that were watching the whole thing jumped in to help me. When the mounted LEO showed up they wanted to know if I had a death wish? Maybe, I don't know, adrenaline is a funny thing.
Long story short, the folks that enjoyed the area got sick of it, the cops were sick of it and when everyone stood up to them and whooped their ass, it stopped. No charges against the by standards(people helping), but they had bandido gang members sitting on the curb in cuffs waiting for the wagon to show up.

That was 10 years ago when I was younger and working out daily, but I am all for a posse Friday night! Who's in?

[sneakerd]

Don't take everything so personally Alex. These are generalisms. Certainly if you find yourself out, or live in the area or know the area- you walk with confidence and strength, you may be armed- it may be ok. But my statement stands on its own for any big city. If you're out after 1am, you better be damn careful because you are a target. Especially if you are alone, in small numbers, and/or are white. You're going to be a minority, and I think you would be surprised to know how many eyes are watching you from the shadows.