My first impression is the Colorado Rapid Response Network mainly observes and makes sure things are being run according to the law with ICE warrants and such - during and after their rapid responses to active raids. However they aren't above getting in the middle of it if they don't like what is going on - that would be the job of the onsite action people on the lower left of the flowchart below.
More about the meeting itself is further down below, but first people mentioned in the flowchart are:
*Target of Injustice - (at the top of flowchart) who ICE is looking for
*Caller - (at the top of the flowchart) who is calling with information an ICE raid is in progress, may not be the person targeted
*Dispatchers - (heart in the middle of the flowchart chart) they put out text messages to confirmers etc.. to show up at the site of an active raid
*Confirmers (left middle of the flowchart) - observe, ask questions at an active ICE site. Fill out paperwork after the raid.
*Onsite Action people - (lower left of the flowchart) if it is observed that the ICE raid is proceeding illegally, unethically, these people will nonviolently intervene to do things like slowing down the raid and protecting those unfairly targeted
*Legal Observers - (middle right of the flowchart) watch raid to make sure ICE is dotting their 'i-s', will look into who has been detained
*Legal Team - (lower right of the flowchart) will take a look at the raid after it has happened
*Public Response - what is put out to public - media, social media, etc... THIS CAME WITH A BIG WARNING TO BE CAREFUL IF PUTTING OUT VIDEO AND PICS TO SOCIAL MEDIA, IT PROBABLY SHOULD FIRST BE CLEARED BY THE ORGANIZATION FIRST
My next impression of the meeting was they were mainly trying to recruit 'Confirmers', people who would show up at active raids to observe what is going on and question law enforcement, bystanders, and maybe even targets of the raids? (I might need some more clarification on that) Examples of the kinds of questions asked are below:
The Meeting Itself
If I said it before I'll say it again - there must have been over 100 people at this meeting! It was quite crowded! There were speakers, and at the back of the meeting there was a translator for the Spanish speakers - of which there was a number - using electronic devices the Spanish speakers would use to receive the translator's broadcasts. At least that looked like what was going on?
Besides listening to speakers, we also paired off and role-played being a confirmer and an ICE officer with the confirmer asking questions, then switching roles. We then went into the groups I mentioned plus bystanders and law officers. We would then do things like form stories for the groups and interact with the other groups.
The next event is January 25th, 2025 (looks to be a protest from the information I'm getting)
Update January 30th, 2025: the event below was a protest/rally. It was covered well by the local media. One source that did an article was the Aurora Sentinel.
The final impression is they wouldn't mind a little veteran help (this writer is a member of the veteran-led organization Common Defense). And I'll add CRRN looks to me they have been at this for awhile and seem to be quite good at it!
