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Wronguy
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Marijuana: Colorado Pot Advocate Ken Gorman Killed Saturday, Day [CO]
#6604987 - 02/24/07 08:13 AM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/474/colorado_marijuana_activist_ken_gorman_killed
Marijuana: Colorado Pot Advocate Ken Gorman Killed Saturday, Days After Local News Station Did "Exposé" On Him
Colorado marijuana activist Ken Gorman, 59, was shot and killed in his Denver home Saturday night in an apparent home invasion robbery. The killing came just days after local TV station CBS4 aired a report on him that included shots of marijuana plants growing inside his home. Gorman grew the plants legally as a registered medical marijuana patient, but in the report, Gorman was seen advising avowed non-medicinal marijuana users how to use the medical marijuana laws to be able to possess the plant with impunity. As of Thursday, no arrests had been made and police said they were still investigating.
Gorman was one of the most well-known faces in the Colorado marijuana and medical marijuana scene. He was also a member of DRCNet. Gorman had organized several smoke-ins at the state capitol, as well as giving numerous lectures and making public appearances supporting the medical and recreational use of marijuana. He also ran for governor on a pro-marijuana platform.
According to witness accounts, three masked men entered Gorman's home with guns drawn Saturday evening. Shots were fired, police were called, and they found him lying on his living room floor with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was pronounced dead shortly after.
While Denver police refused to speculate on whether the killing was related to Gorman's legal medical marijuana grow, fellow activists had little doubt that he died in an attempted robbery. "It's pretty amazing that this guy worked his entire life trying to make marijuana legal and in the end, the fact that marijuana is illegal is what led to his death," Mason Tvert, executive director of SAFER, an organization dedicated to legalizing small amounts of recreational marijuana, told the Denver Daily News. "It's safe to say that if marijuana were legal Ken would not have been killed," Tvert said. "I think it's a violent incident highlighting what happens when marijuana is kept illegal."
Gorman himself had told CBS4 just a few weeks ago that he feared being robbed because of his openness about his marijuana operation. "I mean, I've had a gun stuck to my head, people stabbed in my house from people trying to get my marijuana," Gorman said on January 31. He added that his home had been burglarized 15 times.
Gorman will be missed. "I've been in patient meetings where patients stood, with tears in their eyes, and said, 'When no one would help me, Ken Gorman would,'" said Brian Vicente, executive director of Sensible Colorado, a nonprofit organization that advocates for drug policy reform in Colorado. "You don't hear that, that often," Vicente told the Daily News. "He was a character."
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ThreePieceSuit
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Pot Advocate Ken Gorman Killed Saturday, Day [CO] [Re: Wronguy]
#6605032 - 02/24/07 08:56 AM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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Police hit.
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Pot Advocate Ken Gorman Killed Saturday, Day [CO] [Re: ThreePieceSuit]
#6605143 - 02/24/07 10:04 AM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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Probably was...
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Pot Advocate Ken Gorman Killed Saturday, Day [CO] [Re: ThreePieceSuit]
#6605144 - 02/24/07 10:05 AM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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ThreePieceSuit said: Police hit.
Or some junkie thief who thought since the dude had marijuana plants, he also had the cash to back it up.
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Pot Advocate Ken Gorman Killed Saturday, Day [CO] [Re: Nephlyte]
#6605705 - 02/24/07 01:52 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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Nephlyte said:
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ThreePieceSuit said: Police hit.
Or some junkie thief who thought since the dude had marijuana plants, he also had the cash to back it up.
Or some gang that didn't want him running around trying to legalize pot and therefore cause their profit margin to drop. What better way to keep pot illegal, and highly profitable, than to reinforce the link between marijuana and violent crime.
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Pot Advocate Ken Gorman Killed Saturday, Day [CO] [Re: Ekstaza]
#6605953 - 02/24/07 03:18 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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What better way to keep pot illegal, and highly profitable, than to reinforce the link between marijuana and violent crime.
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Pot Advocate Ken Gorman Killed Saturday, Day [CO] [Re: Varman]
#6606850 - 02/24/07 09:26 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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That's fucked! I used to support that guy, he kicked major ass and smoked TONS of pot.
RIP Ken Gorman
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Pot Advocate Ken Gorman Killed Saturday, Day [CO] [Re: ThreePieceSuit]
#6606925 - 02/24/07 09:57 PM (16 years, 11 months ago) |
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ThreePieceSuit said: Police hit.
Or, a home robbery.
Occam's Razor, and all that.
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Pot Advocate Ken Gorman Killed Saturday, Day [CO] [Re: Madtowntripper]
#6607848 - 02/25/07 06:38 AM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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all unfortunate, another soldier lost in the seemingly endless war on drugs.
goodday my friend RIP.
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Pot Advocate Ken Gorman Killed Saturday, Day [CO] [Re: Madtowntripper]
#6608883 - 02/25/07 02:28 PM (16 years, 10 months ago) |
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Could be the obvious but then again, they are still "looking" for the suspects...
He was pretty important on the legalization front. If they don't find the killer with ballistics and finger printing, then i say it's an ordered mark. Police always do this stuff, weak governments don't fight fairly if they are afraid of the people.
Remember, people who smoke pot do everything for you. i've known people that designed cars for major car companies and people who serve you at fast food. Let them do what they do... even if i don't smoke, fuck'it, doesn't bother me one bit.
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