PERRYBLOG: Aurora cops act like mama bears protecting kids out protesting cop brutality today

Middle school students from Aurora’s Vista Peak hit the streets in protest Wednesday over national police killings of minorities. I was hugely impressed that the kids walked about 10 miles to get there, taking about three hours.

On Friday, hundreds of high school protesters hit the streets while Aurora cops watched over them from being injured in traffic.

Aurora high school students rally together outside the Aurora courthouse after walking out of their schools Dec. 5 in protest. Around 400 students from Gateway, Overland, Rangeview, Hinkley and Aurora Central high schools walked out at 10 am on Friday and marched to the Aurora Municipal Center to join a nationwide protest in response to New York and Missouri grand juries returning no indictments against police officers. (Marla R. Keown/Aurora Sentinel)

Pretty cool to hear the scanner chatter among the Aurora cops making sure the kids are safe as they walk along Colfax, chanting and relishing a protest on a warm, sunny day. Unlike growing cesspools in the US, Aurora is an amazing place.

The cops were watching the kids like hawks, making sure they don’t get messed with by passers by or get hurt in traffic and even subtly guiding them along their protest route so folks can see them in action without putting the kids in jeopardy. “We have more cops than we have protesters at this point,” one cop said.

It’s a good day.