Democrat governor of Colorado Jared Polis dismissed outrage over a video showing what appears to be armed Venezuelan gang members in an apartment building as “imagination” despite significant evidence.

Aurora City Council member Danielle Jurinsky fired back after the governor’s denial, saying “I am so disappointed.”

In a statement shared to the New York Post, Polis’ spokeswoman Shelby Wieman claimed, “The Governor has already let the Mayor know that the State is ready to support the local police department with assistance from state troopers and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation if needed.”

COLORADO MAYOR SPEAKS OUT AFTER VIDEO OF ARMED VENEZUELAN GANG IN APARTMENT GOES VIRAL: ‘FAILED POLICY’

“But, according to police intelligence this purported invasion is largely a feature of Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination,” added Wieman.

The video below shows several armed men in an Aurora, Colorado apartment that some say has been taken over by members of Tren de Aragua, a notorious Venezuelan gang.

City Council Member Danielle Jurinsky has been at the forefront of this issue, including evacuating several residents from an armed gang-occupied apartment building on Wednesday.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Jurinsky fired back at Polis, asking “My question back to the governor is, is this also a figment of the Romeros’ imagination? And the other resident that I helped to get out of there, and the other residents that I am going to continue to get out of there?”

Spokeswoman Shelby Wieman responded to Fox News Digital, saying “[Governor Polis] hopes that the city council members in charge stop trashing their own city when they are supposed to keep it safe.” 

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“We know violent crime in Aurora went down between 2022-2023, fully expect the data will show further declines for 2024, and the recent misinformation campaign threatens actual criminal investigations and could hurt the climate for small businesses in Aurora,” Wieman concluded.

According to reporting from the New York Post, more than 40,000 migrants have arrived to the Denver area since December 2022.

“The situation is real but it also needs to be put into context so that the reputation of an entire city of over 400,000 residents is not adversely impacted by what has occurred in several isolated apartment buildings owned by the same out-of-state slum lord,” said Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital.

“There are people behind this that are solely, playing politics,” said Danielle Jurinsky. “That is so sad to me because they’re real human beings, just like the Romeros suffering on the other side of those doors, living behind four deadbolt locks and a door brace and living in fear every day in these complexes.”

Aurora City Council member Danielle Jurinsky moved out several residents from one taken over apartment building on Wednesday. (Danielle Jurinsky)

“It is very promising that across the board, people are really seeing what is happening,” said Jurinsky. “Video footage is only undeniable for our governor in Colorado. Everybody else across the country is seeing this for themselves.”

The Aurora Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — New video footage shows 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall being escorted to an ambulance moments after being shot in Union Square.

The 23-year-old was shot in the chest Saturday afternoon after a failed attempted armed robbery by who police say was a 17-year-old from Tracy.

49ers’ Ricky Pearsall released from hospital after being shot in San Francisco robbery attempt: team

“He was walking alone when a suspect approached him and attempted to commit an armed robbery using a gun,” said San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott. “A struggle between Mr. Pearsall and the suspect ensued and gunfire from the suspect’s gun struck both Mr. Pearsall and the subject.”

Pearsall was released from the hospital on Sunday, the 49ers said in a statement.

One extension Denver Broncos fans may be expecting the team to announce in the near future is that of 2021 first-round pick Patrick Surtain II. As one of the top cornerbacks in the NFL, it’s not hard to figure out that the Broncos need to keep him.

One argument for getting Surtain extended sooner than later is that the Broncos can avoid the rising costs in the cornerback market. I have previously discussed, though, that it’s not exactly the case that other cornerbacks have re-set the market.

But another cornerback who entered the final year of his contract got extended in recent weeks. The Atlanta Falcons agreed to a four-year deal with A.J. Terrell, the team’s 2020 first-round pick.

Terrell got a four-year, $81 million deal with $42.344M fully guaranteed upon signing. He got $65.844M in total guarantees and $53.5M in new guarantees.

The new guarantees are important to note because Terrell was due $12.344M in fully guaranteed salary for 2024, after the Falcons exercised the fifth-year option in his rookie deal. Still, the new guarantees matter, along with full and total guarantees, in figuring out how this contract might impact the negotiations for a Surtain extension.

For starters, while Terrell got near the top in APY salary, he didn’t re-set the market in that aspect. His $20.25M APY salary trails that of Jaire Alexander at $21M. It does represent an increase over the APY salary for L’Jarius Sneed at $19.1M.

Also, Terrell’s APY salary exceeds that of Denzel Ward at $20.1M, but did not exceed Ward’s contract in other aspects. Ward got $44.5M in fully guaranteed money and $71.25M in total guarantees.

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In other words, Ward still holds the highest marks for guaranteed money, whether full or total guarantees. Thus, those numbers are still the ones Surtain is poised to surpass.

While APY salary can be useful, and it’s likely Surtain will set a new benchmark for APY salary, that isn’t the mark to beat above all else. Full guarantees, total guarantees and new guarantees matter just as much.

Currently, Surtain is due a little more than $3.5M for 2024 and $19.8M for 2025, the latter coming from the fifth-year option the Broncos picked up. If he were to sign a contract during the season, that guaranteed money will be part of the new deal.

Consequently, Surtain and his agent are certain to seek a significant sum of new guarantees. If we assume Surtain was to sign that deal this season and match Terrell’s $53.5M in new guarantees, Surtain would be looking at $76.8M in total guarantees. That would easily surpass Ward’s total guarantees.

However, it wouldn’t surprise if Surtain and his agent would seek to surpass the new guarantees Terrell got. If Surtain got $55M in new guarantees, that would mean he gets more than $78M in total guarantees.

If the Broncos wait until after the season to extend Surtain, the $3.5M he is due this season wouldn’t apply to the extension. Only the fifth-year option of $19.8M would apply. If we assume $55M in new guarantees in a deal signed in 2025, that gives Surtain $74.8M in total guarantees, which still easily surpasses what Ward got.

Simply put, Surtain is likely to be the cornerback who actually re-sets the market in every aspect. And while it would be great to see him sign a deal sooner than later, how soon he signs an extension won’t change the fact that he’s certain to become the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL by any aspect you consider.

So while the Terrell extension may impact negotiations for a Surtain deal to some degree, Ward’s contract matters just as much in negotiations. It’s easy to look at the wide receiver market and think that somebody is going to do a massive re-set like Justin Jefferson, but among young cornerbacks eligible for extensions, none of them are as talented as Surtain.

If anybody does truly re-set the cornerback market, Surtain is that player. The only question is how soon he and the Broncos come to terms on that new deal.

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