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Not the ‘June Incident,’ but the death of Christian Glass
Our in-depth look at the housing crisis
Simon and Sally Glass remember their son who died following an event involving a former Clear Creek deputy BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Racial Inequities: Black Coloradans often face barriers in homeownership Some now look to build equity for future generations BY NINA JOSS AND HALEY LENA NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM; HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A few years ago, Aurora Warms the Night, an Aurora-based nonprofit serving people who need housing, ran into a challenge when assisting its Black clients in applying for apartments. When the applicants visited properties, landlords denied their applications. This happened over and over again.
So the team decided to take a different approach, sending in White volunteers to check out the apartments first. “I would send one of our employees or people that were White to look at the apartment — to get the pricing, get everything, to
At 16, his car was his first real taste of freedom. At the age of 22, Christian Glass died in an event involving a former Clear Creek deputy on June 10, 2022 in the same Honda Pilot he drove on his 16th birthday. The car that once symbolized freedom and joy to Glass became a place in his final moments of life where he was trapped and terrified at the hands of the officers. His parents, Sally and Simon Glass, remember when their son first began driving. “He absolutely loved it,” Sally said. “I still remember thinking, ‘Gosh, why? It’s not that big a deal, we drive you everywhere anyway,’” Simon said. “But the difference is that he could stop off and go somewhere, or change his mind or whatever I suppose, and go to the mountains. He loved driving in the mountains.” It is memories like these that both comfort and pain the Glass family.
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