They waited somberly on Monday on the fourth floor of the El Paso County Courthouse – some in suits, some in t-shirts bearing the names and faces of victims, some in rainbow bracelets or attire – exactly two weeks and one day after Colorado Springs’ Pride parade marched by the building where a shooter who attacked the city’s LGBT+ community would soon face justice.
The friends, family and survivors of the November 2022 Club Q massacre were waiting to see shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich plead guilty in court. They were there to demand justice and to let the world know about the bravery and loss witnessed on that devastating night. And they were there to show defiance.
