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   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/08/02/the-denver-post-outs-people-behind-   
   x-account-critical-of-the-city-n3805433   
      
   There's an account on X (and a matching one on Instagram) called Do Better   
   Denver. The gist of the account is that people submit videos of homeless   
   camps, drug addicts, street fights, violent crime, etc. The point is to   
   highlight the negative aspects of city life in Denver and to pressure the   
   city to be more aggressive about responding to those problems. Here's a   
   sample of some recent posts:   
      
      
   Do Better Denver   
   @dobetterdnvr   
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   ?? @RideRTD, we need to talk. ?? Denver deserves safe, reliable public   
   transit, but riders are dodging needles and open drug use on buses and   
   trains. Safety concerns are pushing people away—ridership is down, and   
   it’s no wonder why. We need more security, better enforcement, and Show   
   more   
      
   https://twitter.com/i/status/1946958557494292991   
      
      
   Do Better Denver   
   @dobetterdnvr   
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   What a pathetic response by @ssprd - Despite their statement on my post a   
   few days ago, overnight camping is still happening in South Suburban   
   parks. We urge the City of Littleton and Littleton Police Department to   
   enforce the prohibition more effectively.  #dobetter #doyourjobs   
      
   https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwZa73-WsAAzAlq?format=jpg&name=240x240   
      
      
   Do Better Denver   
   @dobetterdnvr   
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   ?? Two fires in a little over 24 hours at an ‘abandoned’ building used by   
   homeless squatters in Lakewood. First reported 7/21 at 4:45 AM, then again   
   today, 7/22. Shoutout to @WestMetroFire for quick action extinguishing the   
   latest blaze! @LakewoodPDCO & @LakewoodCOgov   
      
   https://twitter.com/i/status/1947794476287623472   
      
      
   WestMetroFire   
   @WestMetroFire   
   Crews are still hitting a couple of  hot spots. The building was being   
   used as a shelter by an unknown number of people. Cause of the fire is   
   under investigation.   
      
   https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwYOqFVaYAAs4t9?format=jpg&name=240x240   
      
      
   Do Better Denver   
   @dobetterdnvr   
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   Hey @DenverPolice maybe you could clear this bando of squatters so it   
   doesn’t burn down   
   Dwayne Peterson   
   @DwaynePete17412   
   Replying to @dobetterdnvr @DenverPolice and @7eleven   
   777 East 14th Avenue @CapitolHillDen After numerous attempts by the owners   
   to secure this abandoned building, individuals continue to break into   
   these apartments and are squatting every night.   
      
   https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwlMoB9WIAAEwrt?format=jpg&name=240x240   
      
   I could go on but you get the idea. Do Better Denver started sometime in   
   2023 and by last year it already had 100,000 followers on Instagram and   
   another 20,000 on X. It was becoming pretty well known in the city, to the   
   point that the city itself was starting to take notice.   
      
   Last month the account apparently got a tip that the site might be under   
   investigation by the police. Police denied it but an open records request   
   responded to last week suggested maybe something had been going on.   
      
      
   Do Better Denver   
   @dobetterdnvr   
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   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   
      
   I, @DoBetterDNVR, Demand Accountability from Denver Mayor’s Office Over   
   Alleged Coercion of Denver Police to Investigate My Protected Speech   
      
   Denver, CO – July 25, 2025 – I am @DoBetterDNVR, an anonymous voice   
   advocating for Denver, and I’m blowing the Show more   
      
   https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwukhxnWkAEfQ-G?format=jpg&name=240x240   
      
   And that brings us to yesterday when the Denver Post published a story   
   outing three of the people behind the account.   
      
   A mother in Arizona, a former Colorado Coalition for the Homeless employee   
   who lives in New Mexico and a local public school teacher are among the   
   people involved with DoBetterDNVR, a controversial social media account   
   that stokes outrage online by featuring images of homeless people, public   
   drug use and crime in Denver...   
      
   There’s a video of a man with his pants around his knees, twerking in his   
   underwear at a bus stop. People who appear to be homeless sitting by a   
   fire. Needles. Blood on the pavement. Fistfights. Surveillance footage   
   with the sound of gunshots. A man holding a cardboard sign. A rat running   
   down the street. People who appear to be high, or unconscious, or   
   overdosing.   
      
   The Post investigated the people behind the account because of its growing   
   influence and the misinformation it spreads. While the account claims to   
   be a news provider, its anonymity, lack of transparency and absence of   
   public ethical standards undermine its credibility, said Kelly McBride,   
   chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership at the Poynter   
   Institute, a nonprofit that aims to bolster ethical journalism.   
      
   The Post story goes on to list their names and some information about   
   them. None of the people outed by the Post are running the account it   
   seems. The account's actual admin refused to talk to them. That person   
   claims to have hundreds of people submitting videos to the account.   
      
   The people who did get outed asked the paper leave them anonymous to   
   prevent them being harassed. The Post refused. So it this a case of doxing   
   the right-leaning troublemakers who are making the city look bad? It looks   
   that way to me but The Post argues that it's not doxing because the   
   account has made everyone involved into semi-public figures.   
      
   Ferrucci, the journalism professor, dismissed both criticisms.   
   DoBetterDNVR’s actions have turned the people behind it into partial   
   public figures, he said, and receiving threats is an expected part of   
   being a journalist. (He once received a dead bird in the mail, he said.)   
      
   “You are putting yourself out there,” he said. “This is what journalists   
   do every day.”   
      
   These people aren't journalists in the professional sense. None of them   
   are making a living from this, certainly not the ones the paper named.   
   Random people contributing to an anonymous account run by someone else   
   probably aren't public figures in a legal sense, contrary to what the   
   journalism professor says.   
      
   This looks to me like an attempt by the Denver Post to do to Do Better   
   Denver what the Washington Post did to Libs of Tik Tok. In that case at   
   least Taylor Lorenz outed the actual person behind the account, not a   
   bunch of sub-contributors. The best part of the entire story is the   
   author's interview with the mother of a drug addict who appeared in a   
   video posted by the account.   
      
   “Smoking fetty of (sic) foil,” DoBetterDNVR wrote on the October 2023   
   video, suggesting the woman in the tent was using fentanyl. “I hear mutual   
   aid groups are giving away foil to the homeless. Can anyone else confirm?   
   This is going way beyond harm reduction — this is ENABLING. #methcampmike”   
      
   For Rae Martinez, who asked to be identified by her maiden name to protect   
   her privacy, the video — which showed her 28-year-old daughter — shattered   
   her heart.   
      
      
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