Michael Johnston: “The real facts are it is safer now than it's been in a long…”

“And in all cities you have tragedies like this but do not want it to change the way people feel about their downtown. Because The real facts are it is safer now than it's been in a long time. We want to keep it going that direction. Yes, good question. So as you know, we typically don't talk a lot about suspects criminal history, but what I can tell you is that this individual was born in Colorado in 2000.” (10:33–10:37)

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