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Lisl Auman

Wednesday, May 30 at 1:38 PM

Renee Fort of Denver writes:

Regarding the article about Lisl Auman in Rocky Mountain News on May 14, 2007. Why are there so many people against Ms. Auman? The majority of those people seem to think that Ms. Auman knew that Jaehing was going to kill the police officer. They act like she knew that that was what he was going to do, that she was able to read her mind. She is not responsible for anything that anything that anyone else does. She is responsible for herself only. She was handcuffed in the police car when the officer was unfortunately killed. Because the justice system wasn’t going to be able to prosecute the killer, they prosecuted the next person, which was Lisl Auman. She didn’t kill Officer Bruce VanderJagt. She was in the police car. She has served her time. People need to leave her alone. The punishment should fit the crime.

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READER COMMENTS

The Law and Order types that are so vengeful against Ms Auman KNOW that Jaehnig did not commit suicide but was murdered by Denver Police officers. By focusing on the Auman the murder of Jaehnig remains hidden.

Posted by D on May 30, 2007 03:13 PM

When you point a gun at a cop, you get dead. I guess that's a form of suicide. I don't think it's called murder though.

Oh wait, were you trying to take Jaehnig's side? Wow. OK, um, what should the cops have done, asked very politely for Jaehnig to put the gun down? Even while he was firing at them? You don't spend much time in reality, do you D? And you certainly have never been employed at a job where people fire bullets at you! Regardless, I hope you like the view of your small intestine.

Posted by shaupeen on May 30, 2007 03:25 PM

"She is not responsible for anything that anything that anyone else does. She is responsible for herself only."

Well, legally that's not true, of course. If you're driving the getaway car at a bank robbery and somebody is killed inside - you're on the hook for murder as well.

If you don't LIKE the law, that's a different matter. Likewise, if you don't like the way the law was applied in Auman's case that's fine as well. But legally...she set in motion the events that led to the death of the police officer.

And honestly...if you're breaking and entering and stealing, it's not unreasonable to think something "bad" may well happen. You take the risks, you pay the piper.

Posted by Tim on May 30, 2007 04:27 PM

I'll continue to defend Lisl since she did not put into motion the events that resulted in Bruce's death. Her ex-boyfriend appropriated her personal property and calling the police would not have resolved the matter as they'd have told her it was a civil matter.

By the time she hired a lawyer and went to court, her items and him would have been long gone. She tried abate by self-help; sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't; however, for Mike to call her a "murderous" is outrageous:

Lisl is a "murderess," says Mike: Defined: To kill another human unlawfully, to kill brutally or inhumanly, to kill or slaughter inhumanly or barbarously is murder. Mike is reduced to name-calling while ex-boyfriend laughs at the saga his conduct created. I chide Mike for his erroneous conclusion and he won't back off. He needs to defend the ex-boyfriend.

Renee says the punishment should fit the crime; if any, punish the ex-boyfriend; he is the most culpable. Lisl endured egregious hardship by virtue of somebody else's wrongdoing coming and going.

Posted by Richard Grimes Risen ape: Deicide, slayer of gods. r22037@yahoo.com on May 31, 2007 09:48 AM

Indeed so,Richard and D.....I do recall that during the same timeframe as the Vanderjagt/Jaehnig "incident",DPD invaded the home of Esmail Mena on a false no-knock warrant and machine-gunned Mr.Mena to death.So does this mean that Lisl did time for NOT killing someone and the cops get a paid vacation(oops,sorry.That's "administrative leave") for first-degree murder with illegal assault weapons? What's so attractive about the cop-waddle that we give divine power to those who walk that walk?

Posted by Jimminy on June 1, 2007 07:57 AM

"KNOW that Jaehnig did not commit suicide but was murdered by Denver Police officers"- D

"By the time she hired a lawyer and went to court, her items and him would have been long gone. She tried abate by self-help; sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't; however, for Mike to call her a "murderous" is outrageous:

Who is Mike?
Abate by self help? You mean breaking and entering?

Freaking nutcases.

Posted by What?!?!? on June 1, 2007 08:37 AM

A little research shows that the public official responsible for the Auman and Mena lynchings is......(drum roll please) Governor Bill Ritter,who as Denver DA never met a killer cop he didn't reward.

Posted by Jimminy on June 1, 2007 08:59 AM