Someone from inside the Aurora Police Department in Colorado leaked police body cam footage of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s telling a police officer “My dad’s the mayor, you f*cking f*ggot!” during a traffic stop.
The 20-second clip came was sent by an anonymous source to The Denver Channel, which published it this morning. The footage was recorded back in March after 22-year-old Jordan Hancock was pulled over and ticketed for going 65 in a 40-mph zone.
“Guess what? I’m about to get you fired you f*cking b*tch,” Hancock can be heard saying to the officer. “My dad’s the mayor, you f*cking f*ggot!”
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Video shows Denver mayor's son insulting officer
WARNING: This video has explicit language.After getting pulled over for going at least 25 mph over the speed limit, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s son, Jordan, gets in a heated exchange with an Aurora police officer who ended up citing him.MORE: http://bit.ly/2FTGTkh
Posted by Denver7 on Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Given this country’s very serious problems when it comes to how law officers treat young Black men, we can understand why Hancock might have been upset; however, that doesn’t excuse his choice of words.
Hancock appeared in court on Monday where he agreed to pay a $250 fine for speeding. When asked by the judge why he was driving so fast, Hancock explained he was “running late.”
In a statement, Mayor Michael Hancock said, “We addressed this matter with Jordan and he has apologized to the Officer” adding that “we do not support nor condone [Jordan’s] inexcusable actions and words during this traffic stop” but that “we love our son dearly and support him.”
We've addressed our son's behavior at a traffic stop w/him. He's apologized to the officer. While we don't support nor condone his inexcusable actions & words, we love our son dearly & will work w/him to turn a personal mistake into a valuable lesson for himself & the community.
— Michael B. Hancock (@MayorHancock) May 8, 2018
The Aurora Police Department has issued the following statement in response to the leaked video:
The Aurora Police Department was made aware of an unauthorized release of a body camera video to a local media outlet that captures one of our officers interacting with a motorist on a traffic stop. Upon reviewing the footage at an administrative level, the officer was in compliance with Department policies throughout the encounter. Currently, the matter is pending before the City’s municipal court. Therefore, the Department cannot comment further on the details of the incident.
However, it is of great concern to the Aurora Police Department that the video was released without departmental authorization, especially while the matter is pending prosecution. We will be conducting an internal investigation into this matter to determine the circumstances under which this video was released. Any member who is found to have violated departmental policies and procedures will be held accountable.
We’re not holding our breath that anything will come of this “internal investigation.”
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Kangol
What an idiot. Like many politicians’ kids, he’s full of entitlement. As for the “leak” of that video, come on, like they really don’t have a clue how that happened?
dinard38
LOL!!! You took the words right out of my mouth. It’s not at all difficult to figure out who leaked the tape, and probably with the police captain’s blessing. Haha!!!
What a douche this young man is. Yeah, I’m sure his dad had some very choice words to say to him when he “addressed the issue” with his son.
radiooutmike
What “valuable” lesson did the community learn? That the mayor’s son is a dick?
Jaroslaw
I won’t even ask what lesson the community needs but I agree the mayor’s son is a dick and quite frankly this type of behavior has been going on for too long if he is still doing it at 22. This might be understandable from a 16-18 year old.
salumbre
Today’s lesson: the mayor’s son is a dick, the mayor is another. Or are we supposed to believe his was a real apology?
Dwight
That first sentence is a mess! It makes it read as if the Mayor is claiming that his dad, not he, is the Mayor.
“Someone from inside the Aurora Police Department in Colorado leaked police body cam footage of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s telling a police officer “My dad’s the mayor, you f*cking f*ggot!” during a traffic stop. “
Vince
I’ll just say that the cops are showing amazing restraint in this situation and leave it at that.
inbama
Exactly.
Why is Queerty making excuses for this gay-bashing POS by saying, “Given this country’s very serious problems when it comes to how law officers treat young Black men, we can understand why Hancock might have been upset.”
dwes09
“Given this country’s very serious problems when it comes to how law officers treat young Black men, we can understand why Hancock might have been upset; however, that doesn’t excuse his choice of words.”
This is an incredibly stupid and clueless comment! Black young men are routinely urged by parent to be deferential to authority. That is not how they behave when confronted by police unless incredibly foolhardy. Even submission does not assure they will not be killed or injured. Every black man i know was lectured by their parents on how to behave around police and other white authority figures, and what the cost of even reasonable insistence on their constitutional rights might be.
This is clearly clearly a class issue where the kid feels he has authority over everyone by dint of his father’s position. Most likely he has been spoiled his entire life.
JoeyRamone
You liberal twots write: “Given this country’s very serious problems when it comes to how law officers treat young Black men, we can understand why Hancock might have been upset.” Um, he was stopped for speeding and then was verbal abusive. How does race figure in this at all? Your blanket statement about “how law officers treat young Black men” is offensively broad and all encompassing.
Nedra
It is clear this mayor also holds the view expressed by his son because if he was someone who truly respects and values LGBT people is son would have been raised to do likewise.
DHT
I doubt the apple has fallen that far. Can a child ruin a parent’s career? Let’s hope so in this case.
barkomatic
I find it hard to believe that the Mayor’s own feelings about gay people aren’t the same as his son’s bigotry. The only difference is that he has the discipline to fake it.
If I lived in Aurora I certainly wouldn’t be voting for him the next time.
Vince
I was kind of looking around. Before he was Mayor he was known to sexually harass women. Usually the misogynists are homophobes as well.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/01/denver-mayor-sent-suggestive-messages-to-police-detective-you-look-sexy-in-all-that-black/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5ba9a398029b
DCguy
The courts have determined over and over that releasing body cam footage is ok. And do you notice how rather than dealing with the bigotry by the child of the mayor they keep harping on the release.
Just like Republicans keep saying colluding with Russia isn’t important, but LEAKING out it is!
demetreus
Most of the commenters above will never truly be free from their burden of hate, until they are able to look at a story like this and not reference the color “black”
The color of that boy has nothing to do with the fact that he is a spoiled brat.
DCguy
And a bigot
Vince
Haha. The only one who mentioned race was dwe.
I will say this though. The little bigoted douchebag loudmouth should know better than to attack the nice cops who were just doing their jobs and other minorities.