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ap: Aurora police killed Jor’Dell over a pellet gun, but youth gun violence is to blame

The real culprits in his death are those who gave Jor’Dell the gun, told him to rob the store,

AURORA, COLORADO - JUNE 9: Attorney Siddhartha Rathod speaks during a rally following a press conference held by Aurora Police Chief Art Acevedo releasing the body camera footage in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Jor'Dell Richardson on June 1 by an Aurora police officer. The press conference was held at the Aurora Police Department Headquarters and the rally was outside the Aurora Municipal Court in Colorado on Friday, June 9, 2023. (Photo by Grace Smith/The Denver Post)
AURORA, COLORADO – JUNE 9: Attorney Siddhartha Rathod speaks during a rally following a press conference held by Aurora Police Chief Art Acevedo releasing the body camera footage in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Jor’Dell Richardson on June 1 by an Aurora police officer. The press conference was held at the Aurora Police Department Headquarters and the rally was outside the Aurora Municipal Court in Colorado on Friday, June 9, 2023. (Photo by Grace Smith/The Denver Post)
Megan Schrader, editorial section editor for The Denver Post.
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Jor’Dell’s dying words should haunt us: “They made me do it. I don’t know who they are but they made me do it.”
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