Sometime advocate for the homeless, free range grandma and convicted doxer Regan Benson addressed her fans in yet another livestream Friday afternoon as part of an all-out media blitz she’s embarked on since her conviction last week for violating Colorado Revised Statute 18-9-313(2.7).
Benson was sitting in her car outside of the La Paz Micro Community in downtown Denver during the stream, reflecting on how she broke into doing homeless outreach back in the COVID era when the land the community resides on was an open field.
She recounted meeting the then owner of her dog, how the man was mistreated by the police and how she ultimately came into possession of the dog after the man died. She also remembered times when current Denver Mayor Mike Johnston was an education advocate and how little he achieved as an advocate and as mayor.
Throughout the broadcast, Benson continued to chastise Johnston for the state of Denver’s economy, the state of homeless relations in the area, and the rampant abuses of power that the police department has done towards her.
Benson, appearing in close to 10 hours of livestreaming for the week and a day after directly addressing her jury, who she said got the verdict wrong, was not shy in her opinion of the tactics used to convict her of doxing a protected individual.
She explained that the police had been trying to paint her as a violent criminal dating back to her days where she would protest in Sheridan, Colorado. She said that the police chief there had submitted affidavits stating that she and Christopher “Denver Metro Audits” Cordova were violent criminals but could never prove it.
Benson said that the Sheridan police chief’s efforts led to an evolution of how they would approach her, and after apparently committing to a program where they’d supposedly end her life, they began to monitor her livestreams to prosecute her for anything they could find that violated the most obscure law.
In this case, she became the first person convicted of doxing a person who belonged to a protected class in the state. The conviction stemmed from a September livestream where she gave her fans the home address of a Denver police commander and instructed them to go have a “pig roast” at his house.
Benson announced that she will continue to spread her story and has at least one more interview with the press that has yet to see publication. An interview with Benson that was filmed after her conviction was picked up at midweek by CBS affiliates and was distributed nationally.
Returning to her thoughts on the micro community, she said that she wouldn’t achieve her goals to help the homeless this year as the government won’t help and has found an effective way to find her guilty of a crime she didn’t commit.
She again slammed the Judge who will be sentencing her on May 8, stating that he probably didn’t know the law that would allow her to be out on bond while she appealed the case, and said that she fully expected to be imprisoned as soon as the hearing was over.
Benson again claimed that the judge would improperly hinder public access to the livestream of her sentencing. Then she implored her fans to show up for her at her sentencing hearing and make statements directly to the judge as part of the sentencing process.
The YouTuber took a drive around the La Paz property, complaining that it was marked private property, before her livestream was cut off as her phone apparently overheated.
Benson is expected to livestream again this weekend.
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JF Benson, appearing in close to 10 hours of livestreaming for the week
Tell us how going back to prison is scaring the poo out of you without telling us!
Sending someone to jail is a very sad thing to do. However, when they refuse to learn, refuse to change and continue on the same path they had previously gone over and over again. It seemingly is the last option.
To be clear, while she is out on bond, any breach of the peace can have the bond revoked and her sent to prison. So her behavior will be held in check or they will arrest her again. Somehow, i think she knows that. She goes off screaming at someone, a cop, security guard or librarian and they will arrest her for breach of parole. One of the phrases often used in such agreements is a promise to keep the peace.
Also, another condition is to NOT contact the person she doxxed. Or go near them. Not know in advance what requirements they ask for, I think it is pretty clear that will be one of them. Thus limiting her ability to go anywhere near the police station and or other city blds as her victim(s) might be there thus subjecting her to breach.
This is not going to be a walk in the park. Having been convicted of a crime, is no laughing matter and she certainly has every right to be fearful. However, all she can do it look in the mirror at who was responsible. Not the judge, not the jury. Just her and her actions.
Who knows maybe she can have the law tossed as a violation of her rights. But until that happens, if it ever does, she is, and will remain a convicted criminal under state supervision. And even though she is not physically in chains, there is that looming shadow of cuff yet to come.