Rajon Belt-Stubblefield
Activists demand firing of Aurora police chief during overnight ‘sit-in’ at Aurora City Hall
AURORA | A group of community activists dominated Monday’s City Council meeting for nearly five hours, mostly demanding the firing of the city’s police chief — and then continued in the city hall lobby until almost 3 a.m. Tuesday. At the end of the nine-hours of passionate speeches, vulgar rants, disruption and clever entendres, it […]
Activists schedule Oct. 12 sit-in to pressure Aurora to fire the city’s police chief
AURORA | A group of community activists are calling on the city to fire its police chief with a sit-in planned for the Oct. 12 city council meeting. The Epitome of Black Excellence, a community organization that includes many family members of Black men who were killed by Aurora police, said in a press release […]
Family sues Aurora officer, city over fatal police shooting of Rajon Belt-Stubblefield
AURORA | The family of a Black man fatally shot by an Aurora police officer is suing the officer and the city, alleging the city has not addressed persistent patterns of racial bias and excessive force in its police department. Aurora Police officer Matthew Neely shot and killed Rajon Belt-Stubblefield, 37, in August 2025 after […]
EDITORIAL: Grand jury indictment against APD officer reflects larger transparency problem
The Aurora police department’s greatest impediment to restoring badly needed public trust is a consistent and pervasive lack of transparency and candor as officers carry out duties, and too often become the center of some crisis. The grand jury indictment this week of Aurora police officer Matthew Neely on murder charges in connection with the […]
Grand jury indicts Aurora cop in fatal shooting of Rajon Belt-Stubblefield at traffic stop
EDITOR’S NOTE: Be advised that the officer worn video contains graphic language and graphic shooting violence. AURORA | An Aurora police officer faces a murder charge for the fatal shooting of a Black man during a traffic stop last year. On Monday, an Arapahoe County grand jury indicted Aurora Police officer Matthew Neely, 54, on […]
Aurora police shooting of Black man during traffic infraction under review by grand jury
EDITOR’S NOTE: Be advised that the officer worn video contains graphic language and graphic shooting violence. AURORA | An Arapahoe County grand jury will decide whether an Aurora police officer acted legally when he shot a Black man during a traffic altercation last summer. “Following completion of the (Critical Incident Response Team) investigation and this […]
EDITORIAL: Condolences aren’t the problem in Aurora. Police shootings are
The problem Aurora can’t get past was made clear this week with controversy created in trying to adopt a policy dictating how city lawmakers should behave when they have to confront the public after news of an officer-involved shooting. One side of the city council scowlingly insists that offering condolences to friends and family members […]