YouTuber Regan Benson found a way around a ban from the Englewood, Colorado, City Council Chambers on Monday to provide a statement during the public commentary portion of the City Council meeting.
Addressing the council via Zoom, Benson wasted 30 seconds of her 3-minute speaking time arguing over Mayor Othoniel Sierra’s statement that she was from Denver by correcting him that her city was instead, “Rough ‘n’ Ready,” Colorado.
She then went on to complain about what she claimed was corruption in the Englewood police force and her continued claims that officer Edward Disner, who heads the internal affairs division of the Englewood police department was corrupt and refused to follow up on any of her complaints.
Benson has been targeting Disner after another YouTuber from Englewood provoked Disner into threatening to personally sue the YouTuber after the YouTuber released Disner’s information and led a brigading campaign against him.
Despite Craig Hendry’s recent conviction of felony harassment based on a brigading campaign of his own that turned threatening, Benson and others in the first amendment auditing community still condone the practice as a way to show their power in the community. They state that while they provide the contact information, they are in no way responsible for the content of the messages their fans leave for their targets.
Benson finished off her comments to the Englewood City Council by reminding the public that they can store their bicycles inside the civic center as she recently saw Council member and “cult leader” Joe Anderson store his bike there during a city council meeting. She also called for a “professional” dress code based on what city council member Steve Ward was wearing (a baseball cap and jeans), before concluding her commentary.
The YouTuber returned to livestreaming Tuesday afternoon as she was accompanied by a woman identified as “Jen” as they went to place another complaint at the Englewood Police Department.
Jen had previously been featured on an October 11, 2024, livestream with Benson making the same complaint. Essentially, Jen was arrested in Englewood for violating a restraining order by a former partner. When she was arrested, her personal property was destroyed by the Englewood police department along with all evidence of her possessing narcotics during the arrest.
Jen’s case was eventually thrown out, and when she went to retrieve her property, she found that it had been destroyed due to Englewood’s policy to destroy all belongings that are not claimed within a 30-day period. Jen opposed the policy as she spent over 30 days in jail, and did not have the opportunity to claim said property.
Tuesday’s livestream was handled by Officer Jackson of the Englewood police department, who also handled the October complaint, who took a statement from Jen then said he’d give it to internal affairs. Benson scoffed at the process as she again stated that the complaint would be ignored as Edward Disner ran internal affairs.
Benson ended the recording by complaining about the on-going Englewood policy that banned “non-consensual” recording within Englewood public buildings and having a brief complaint session with Jen in her Benson’s car before ending the stream.
