Aurora Sentinel: A 10-month very public battle between Aurora city lawmakers and supporters of a Black man fatally shot by police during his arrest has devolved into personal attacks, a list of demands and frustration over regular hijinks affecting public access to political leaders.

 “It is just continuing to be dysfunctional, and dysfunction is not going to move Aurora forward,”  said Stephen Elkins, who said he has regularly attended city council meetings for months, until recently. Elkins is currently running for city council, he says in part because of this controversy. 

Last week, as they have for every city council meeting since June, family members, friends and supporters of Kilyn Lewis commandeered a portion of the city council meeting set aside for the public to address the dais on whatever topic they want. Members of what has become an entourage of activists then interrupted agenda items, pretending to speak to a matter under discussion as a ruse to circle back to Lewis’ death and related issues.

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