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Cost to repair damage to Colorado Supreme Court building estimated at $35 million (coloradosun.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/colorado
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The cost to repair damage to the Colorado Supreme Court building in downtown Denver could reach $35 million, after a man allegedly broke into the building and set a fire that triggered the sprinkler system for hours causing extensive flooding, officials said Friday.

“It is a disaster recovery site and not a workplace at the current moment,” State Court Administrator Steven Vasconcellos told lawmakers Friday during a meeting of the state House and Senate judiciary committees.

Risk experts continue to assess the damage after a man shot through the window of the building to break inside Jan. 2 and set a fire on the 7th floor. The sprinkler system was triggered and ran for several hours, causing “ankle-deep water” that flowed to the floors below, Vasconcellos said.

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[–] MsPenguinette 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

So reading the article, looks like it really might have not been a politically motivated thing. Dude got in a car accident and then went insane. Lucky he broke into an empty government building rather than some business or home

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

How strange.

Chief Justice Brian Boatright told legislators he believed Olsen’s actions to be a “random act” and not politically motivated. The Colorado Supreme Court last month blocked Donald Trump from appearing on Colorado’s 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot after finding that he is disqualified from running for office again because he violated the so-called “insurrection clause” in the U.S. Constitution.
Days later, Denver Police and the FBI said they were investigating “incidents” directed at the justices.
“I told people, we could have been a Walmart and it wouldn’t have mattered,” Boatright said. “The gentleman just picked that building.”