Miscarriage of justice

Guillermo Ramirez was set free last week in a Jefferson County courthouse after being deemed unfit for trial because he has been declared “incompetent and not restorable” after he collided with a 2003 Chevy Suburban shortly before 5 a.m. more than three years ago on Dec. 17, 2021.

Ramirez was driving over 110 mph and had a blood-alcohol content of 0.225 as well as other mind-altering substances in his system at the time of the accident. Ramirez’s passenger, a young mother of three, was thrown from the car he was driving and pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital.

Nelie Bowman and her two adult children, Billie and Joseph, were on the way to begin their workday in their family cleaning business during those wee hours of Dec. 17, when Ramirez ran a red light and collided with their Suburban. All three of the Bowmans suffered severe burns from the accident after their vehicle exploded, and Nelie died nine months later as a result of other injuries sustained in the collision.

Although Ramirez had been charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, DUI, reckless driving and driving without a valid license, the judge admitted last week that she was forced to set Ramirez free due to the Colorado state Legislature’s changes to competency rules that eliminate judges’ discretion in such cases. Both prior to and since the 2021 collision, Ramirez has been charged with various other violations of the law completely independent of the collision with the Bowmans.

Shame on Guillermo Ramirez, the Office of Civil and Forensic Mental Health and the Colorado Legislature for their apparent nonrestorable incompetence which has led to one of the most egregious miscarriages of justice I have ever witnessed.

Paul A. Jordan

Denver

Core American values

After watching what has happened in our country for the last couple of months especially in Colorado it is clear there are a lot of Americans that didn’t get the message that Donald Trump won the election. The election was a pretty good indication that the American voters were very unhappy with how the Biden/Harris administration handled the last four years.

What I have failed to understand is how people don’t believe in our core American values. Does that make me a MAGA (CRAZY) voter?”

I am a very proud conservative and a patriot. I love my country and believe in the core values that have made our country great. I have never gone to a protest. I have never destroyed public property. I have never stolen anything. I have never hurt anyone that didn’t hurt me or mine.

When I have been pulled over by a policeman for a traffic violation, I am always respectful of the police officer. I have never been to prison. I have never disrespected women or children. I don’t lie or cheat. I pay my taxes. I never disrespected my mother and father. I followed the house rules while living at home as a kid. My parents exposed me to religion. I was taught to respect my elders. I was taught to respect the environment. Graduated from high school and worked for 54 years until I retired.

I never thought I would have to defend my core values that made me successful and made my country great! What is wrong with this picture. Isn’t this just common-sense stuff. Why not quit complaining and get on board with Trump. He loves our country and is trying to fix a lot of things that have been broken for a long time.

Trig Travis

Aurora

ICE and church services

I’ve experienced the murder of two older brothers and two nephews at different times and places by “legal American citizens.”

Recently, while joining our son preaching at a Denver Hispanic church service my 72-year-old heart was so moved by the praise music and spirit of these beautiful, mostly Mexicans.

Even though their singing was truly from unknown tongues, their sincerity shook my heart with some tears falling. Out of nowhere, I was reminded of the federal judge ruling that immigration agents could interrupt a sacred religious service for their investigations. My heart was crying, “No, please don’t rush in the House of God,” please be patient, unlike the late U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno’s April 19, 1993 decision to storm the Waco Branch Davidian compound killing men, women and children.

Mike Sawyer

Denver