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Sunday Editorial: What happened on the Hill the night Todd Walker was killed : a possible defense
Mar 20th
EDITORIAL: BY JANN SCOTT PUBLISHER
It’s on everybodys mind but no one wants to talk about it in writing. The Daily Camera wrote a pretty harsh inditement of the CU students behavior on the hill Friday night when Todd Walker was murdered. The Chancellor of the University of Colorado released a document laying out proper protocol when being robber: DON’T FIGHT BACK.
There are some big questions that may never be answered. Or maybe they will when the murder trial begins. Surely part of the defense will be that:
Elizabeth Roach was drunk, aggressive and itching for a fight. Todd Walker posed a huge football player threat. There was fighting in the streets. People were throwing bottles and rocks. Kevin McGregor was just trying to get away. And as he did he stumbled into Walker and Roach who didn’t like the way this working class skin head looked. They curse at him pushed him shoved him hit him. McGregor thought Walker was going to kill him so he reached into his back pants crack, pulled out a pistol and fired a warning shot. But Walker and Roach kept at him. Walker had him by the throat, So Mcgregor shot again and killed Walker. Roach let go of McGregor and McGregor ran. The riot crowd who were watching McGregor get beaten dispersed. Then McGregor came back as witness’s told Boulder Channel 1 news. But the crowd was hostile McGregor so he left not sure what to do? He really didn’t was to shoot at all. It was self defense!
You don’t think this will be the defense??? Hell it might even be true.
And what was the environment on the hill when Todd Walker was killed?? The conservative Daily Camera called it a Riot with 500 students chanting FUCK THE POLICE. Cops were getting pelted. Where were Roach and Walker in all of this?
Were they fighting. Was roach drunk and out of control. When McGregor tried to Rob them, did she not see the gun? Did she attack him? Did she keep on fighting even after McGregor fired a warning shot.? Was Walker trying to Keep Roach under control , away from McGregor so he wouldn’t shoot them. Maybe he wasn’t trying to protect her as much as to get her to cut it the fuck out. Did she get Todd Walker killed. In the end perhaps we will find this out at the trial. If there is a trial. Or was McGregor a crazed lone gunman caught up in the juice of a college drunken riot ? Was this his chance to finally use that gun he always carried. I suspect a combination of both.
Are the riots and murder connected. Did the drinking crazed student riots create the energy for this terrible murder to happen.? Is it not the college culture of drinking , disrespect and violence that led to this.? Is this not just the escalation of violence in general in our community. And now this!! A hand gun Murder!. We are all to blame for this is my take. I’d like to really know what happened up there.
Boulder police investigate three armed robberies in 24 hours Pics & story:
Mar 1st
Boulder police investigate three armed robberies in 24 hours
Boulder police are looking for the suspect or suspects involved in three armed robberies over the past 24 hours and are considering the possibility that all three crimes are connected. In each robbery, the suspect was able to get away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Two robberies took place the night of Monday, Feb. 28. One was at a branch of Wells Fargo bank on Canyon Boulevard, and the other happened at a Circle K convenience store on 28th Street. This morning, Tuesday, March 1, a man who claimed to have a weapon robbed the Boulder Valley Credit Union on Broadway.
A news release was sent out yesterday outlining details of the Wells Fargo case. That release can be found at www.boulder-police.com.
Last night’s Circle K robbery happened at 10:45 p.m. at the store located at 3185 28th St.. The suspect walked to the counter and initially asked for a package of cigarettes, then showed the clerk a note demanding all the cash in the register. The note indicated that the suspect had a gun, although the clerk told police he never saw a weapon. No one was hurt, and the suspect left quickly with an undisclosed amount of cash. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office assisted with a K-9 unit to try to locate the suspect.
At 9:45 a.m. today, a man claiming to have a gun robbed the Boulder Valley Credit Union at 2667 Broadway. Tellers told police that the man walked in, produced a note demanding money and claimed to have a gun. No one saw any weapon. There were no customers in the bank at the time of the robbery, although several bank employees were inside. No one was hurt.
Credit union employees describe the suspect as a 40- to 50-year-old white male, 6 feet tall, with pockmarks and acne scarring on his face. He was wearing a dark jacket and tan pants, a brown knit cap with tassels and dark sunglasses.
The clerk at Circle K also described the suspect as a white male, 40 to 50 years old, about 6 feet tall and very thin. He wore a brown baseball cap and had straight brown hair. His face was pockmarked and he had prominent cheekbones.
Boulder police detectives have notified the FBI and the two agencies are working together.
Detective Brian Scott is the lead investigator on all three cases. Anyone with information is asked to contact him at 303-441-3381. Those who have information but wish to remain anonymous may contact the Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or 1-800-444-3776. Tips may also be submitted via the Crime Stoppers website at www.crimeshurt.com. Those submitting tips through Crime Stoppers that lead to the arrest and filing of charges on a suspect(s) may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000 from Crime Stoppers.
Boulder Police looking for bank robbery suspect
Boulder police are searching for a man who robbed the Wells Fargo bank at 1690 Canyon Avenue early this evening.
It happened at 5:26 p.m. Witnesses told police the man walked into the lobby of the bank, approached one of the tellers and handed the teller a note demanding money. He claimed to have a gun, though no weapon was seen. The teller complied and gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect was last seen running southbound away from the bank.
A number of bank employees and customers were inside the bank at the time. No one was hurt.
Photos of the suspect are attached. Police are looking for an 18-to-22 year-old-man who is described as 6’3”, very thin, with a pockmarked face and brown hair. He was wearing a baseball cap and a ski jacket with a white shirt underneath.
Boulder police are working with the FBI on this case. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact detective Craig Beckford at 303-441-3336. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call the Boulder Police Department’s tip line at 303-441-1974.
Dick Winters 1918-2011 American Hero
Jan 12th
Major Dick Winters, who died on January 2 aged 92, was one of the US Army’s most revered service
men of the Second World War; his exploits were later chronicled in the book and television series Band of Brothers.
FROM INDEPENDENT As commander of E Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Winters and his company proved instrumental on D-Day in ensuring the successful American landings at Utah and Omaha beaches. He would later lead his paratroopers through the forests of France, Belgium and Holland before ending his war in Hitler’s alpine retreat.
The 2nd Battalion’s specific remit for the invasion of Normandy in June 1944 was to secure “Causeway 2”, which linked Utah Beach to the hinterland. The Germans had flooded the fields in between and the planned night-time capture of the causeways was vital in ensuring the eventual success of the amphibious landings.
The operation did not get under way smoothly, as Allied aircraft were faced by withering flak which forced troops to be dropped far away from the target area. Furthermore, the aircraft containing E Company’s Commanding Officer and First Sergeant was shot down, making Winters effective commander.
To make matters worse, Winters had lost his weapon during the drop, and 90 per cent of his men were unaccounted for. But he and 13 other members of “Easy” Company did manage to set up headquarters in a farmhouse, where at daybreak they received intelligence that four German 105mm Howitzers, manned by a full platoon, were firing on Utah Beach; they were ordered to destroy the guns.
In the ensuing attack, Winters ordered half of his squad to unleash an enveloping hail of machine gun fire, while another section of his men took the left flank and hurled hand grenades at the first gun. With this Howitzer duly disabled, the remainder of Easy Company (with the aid of “Dog” Company) made a full assault on the German trenches, spiking the other guns with TNT.
FROM WKIPEDIA
Major Richard “Dick” D. Winters (January 21, 1918 – January 2, 2011)[1] was a United States Army officer and decorated warveteran. He commanded Company “E”, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, during World War II.
Winters parachuted into Normandy in the early hours of D-Day, and fought across France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and eventually into Germany. Later in the war, Winters rose to command the 2nd Battalion. Following the end of hostilities Winters was discharged from the army and returned to civilian life, working in New Jersey.
In 1951, during the Korean War, Winters was recalled to the Army from the inactive list and briefly served as a regimental planning and training officer on staff at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Although issued orders for deployment, he was not sent to Korea. After his discharge he worked at a few different jobs before founding his own company and selling farming products.
Winters was featured in a number of books and was portrayed in the 2001 HBO mini-series Band of Brothers by Damian Lewis. He was a regular guest lecturer at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He retired in 1997.
