{"id":501,"date":"2025-03-24T10:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T11:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spanishliteratureintranslation.com\/?p=501"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:14:25","slug":"letters-god-may-forgive-cop-killer-raul-gomez-garcia-but-we-will-always-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spanishliteratureintranslation.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/letters-god-may-forgive-cop-killer-raul-gomez-garcia-but-we-will-always-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: God may forgive cop-killer Raul Gomez-Garcia, but we will always remember"},"content":{"rendered":"

Compassion owed to the family and fellow officers who lost one of their own — not the killer<\/h4>\n

Re: “Killer of officer’s step toward early parole drawing outrage<\/a>,” March 19 news story<\/p>\n

Raul Gomez-Garcia, did you think that we, the law enforcement community, would forget? Did you think that your despicable, cowardly actions would be forgotten? Your premeditated vengeful decision imprisoned our minds, our hearts, and our souls so that we could never forget!<\/p>\n

We will remember May 8, 2005, when Denver Police detectives Donnie Young and Jack Bishop were shot by you, Raul Gomez-Garcia. We will remember that Donnie Young died, as was your intent. We will remember his wife, Kelly, and her pain; we remember their children and their loss in our prayers.<\/p>\n

Raul Gomez-Garcia, all you had to do was leave the baptismal celebration you were not invited to attend. When it was necessary for two Denver police officers to escort you out, your vengeful decision was to arm yourself with a gun, return, and shoot the two officers in the back several times. It was a life-ending sentence for one officer.<\/p>\n

Raul Gomez-Garcia, as most cowards do, you ran back to your MS-13 gang in California and then to your own country, Mexico. You had to be pried out of your country by the district attorney dropping the death penalty before we were allowed to extradite you.<\/p>\n

That was your break, Raul Gomez-Garcia. You do not deserve another one. You do not deserve early parole through Colorado\u2019s Department of Corrections program for juvenile offenders. Your egregious, calculated murder and attempted murder demand that you fulfill the consequences of your actions — the full 80 years.<\/p>\n

May God bless you as you continue your original sentence. He will forgive. It is still not possible for us to forgive you because we are locked up in this nightmare and reminded of your evil, intentional deed every time we hear of violence against police officers.<\/p>\n

For Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, national and Colorado state legislators and parole boards: We will never forget!<\/p>\n

David O\u2019Shea-Dawkins, Denver,\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Editor’s note: O’Shea-Dawkins retired as a sergeant after 35 years with the Denver Police Department.<\/em><\/p>\n

Get real about the endgame of DOGE, Musk and Trump<\/h4>\n

Re: “Is Musk’s brutal DOGE a tragedy, or caused by one?” March 16 commentary<\/p>\n

Bruce Yandle’s piece shows the dangers of using traditional economic or political thought to shed light on our current situation. For example: does Hardin’s thought experiment of sheep and grass really have anything to do with the true “tragedy of the commons” of our day?<\/p>\n