AURORA, Colo. — The Aurora City Council moved its meetings and public comment sessions online this summer, after most members decided in-person meetings had become too disruptive as protestors interrupted, demanding justice for Kilyn Lewis.

Lewis, a Black man, was unarmed when he was shot and killed by an Aurora SWAT officer on May 23, 2024, as authorities tried to arrest him on an attempted first-degree murder warrant out of Denver. The City of Aurora now faces a wrongful death lawsuit and another lawsuit alleging its city council public comment changes violate the First Amendment.

MiDian Shofner, CEO of the Epitome of Black Excellence and Partnership and lead advocate for the family of Kilyn Lewis, filed the latter lawsuit and told Denver7 Monday, “We are set to go to trial in No

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