How Do You Feel About Being Gaslighted by Your Government?

The liberty principle for this Freedom Friday is the deluge of gaslighting taking place in the United States. Politicians outright lie – not stretch the truth or make a mistake. One case in point is what is happening in Aurora, Colorado, where a vicious Venezuelan gang has taken over several apartment properties.

The mayor of Aurora and the governor of Colorado deny that there is a big problem in Aurora. However, CBZ Management, a company that owns several apartment complexes in Colorado, says something different. Last Friday, the company confirmed that the vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TDA) has taken control of several properties. Candace Hathaway shared the following in her article published at The Blaze. 

The company started an account on X to share its side of the story after many local officials and the media reported that the claims of TDA’s takeover were overblown.

“Yes, gangs did take control of our apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado, and the government did nothing. That is the real story.”

Rumors of the transnational gang’s expanded presence in the area became seemingly undeniable in late August when Cindy Romero, a former tenant at the Edge at Lowry, a property owned by CBZ, released a video showing a group of armed men storming through the complex, Blaze News previously reported. Another video the then-tenant captured showed a man using a hammer to destroy the deadbolt lock on the same apartment unit.

Cindy Romero and her husband, Edward, were desperate to leave the complex, saying it had become “a nightmare” since the gang had moved in. Aurora City Council member Danielle Jurinsky ultimately helped find the Romeros another place to live.

At the time, Jurinksy told Fox News Digital that it was “like pulling teeth to get anyone, the media, other elected officials … to acknowledge the presence of this trend and to acknowledge that there is even a problem.”

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) called the TDA invasion” largely a feature of Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.” …

In 2023, one of CBZ’s representatives was viciously attacked when he attempted to perform an inspection at one of the properties, the company stated. When he arrived, he found “a group of men” inside a three-bedroom apartment that should have been vacated.

“When he refused their $500 bribe to overlook the situation, they brutally attacked him,” CBZ wrote.

The company released a short surveillance video of the attack and a photograph taken shortly afterward showing the victim’s injuries. In the picture, the representative’s face and shirt were covered in blood, and he appeared to have bruising around his eye.

Unfortunately, it did not end there for the CBZ representative, the company said.

“After the attack on our CBZ representative, he began getting threatening text messages,” the company continued. “These criminals revealed his home address and his spouse’s name.”

According to CBZ, law enforcement officials confirmed that those sending the messages and occupying the complexes were TDA members.

“They also mentioned that our situation was just ‘a blip on the radar,’ as this gang is causing significant problems nationwide,” CBZ said.

After effectively taking over three complexes, gang members allegedly presented CBZ with an ultimatum to split the rental income in half or “lose the buildings permanently.” …

Even after local reports surfaced of authorities arresting 10 confirmed TDA gang members with ties to the apartment takeovers, the media and local officials continued to call others’ concerns overblown.

Last week, former President Donald Trump held a political rally in Aurora to call attention to the illegal immigrant problems there. Trump’s choice for vice president, Sen. JD Vance (Ohio), was on the Sunday show with ABC News anchor Martha Raddatz and the situation in Aurora was brought up. Raddatz claimed that Trump’s claims that TDA had taken over parts of the city have been debunked and asked Vance if he supported Trump’s claims. She claimed that the TDA takeovers “were limited to a handful of apartment complexes.”

“Martha, do you hear yourself?!” Vance fired back. “Only a handful of apartment complexes in America were taken over by Venezuelan gangs, and Donald Trump is the problem and not Kamala Harris’ open border?!”

CBZ continued to post on X about the situation: “Despite clear evidence, many still deny the reality of the situation, sometimes using us as scapegoats. That’s why we are no longer staying silent. We will continue to counter falsehoods with simple facts and evidence.” The posts continued, “Yes, gangs did take control of our apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado, and the government did nothing. That is the real story.”  

The media is minimizing the situation. The city and state governments are denying that there is a big problem and is acting against the company, calling them “delinquent property owners, managers, and/or ‘investors’” In fact, the banks took the company to court, and the judge gave legal authority to a third party to manage the properties. The actual owners will be required to compensate the new “managers.”

I wonderful if the new “managers” are members of the TDA gang. The FBI has not commented on the situation.

How many properties will the foreign gangs take over before the government will act to protect the rights of the American property owners? How would you feel if gangs took over your property or your home or your subdivision?