Aurora Sentinel: A prominent and regular spokesperson for a group seeking legal action against an Aurora police officer who fatally shot a Black man during his arrest last year has filed a lawsuit against the city, saying recent council actions have robbed her of rights to free speech.

“For far too long, Aurora’s City Council has employed tactics of erasure and demonization to suppress those who dare to speak out, to demand justice and to envision accountability as something more than rhetoric,” Midian Shofner said in a statement. “That era must come to an end.”

For months, Schofner has appeared at city council meetings, demanding the city fire Aurora SWAT officer Michael Dieck, who fatally shot Kilyn Lewis during his arrest at an Aurora apartment last year. 

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