Statement from Attorney General Phil Weiser regarding the Boulder Pearl Street Mall attack

June 1, 2025 (DENVER) —Attorney General Phil Weiser released the following statement on the Pearl Street Mall attack:

“My thoughts are with those injured and impacted by today’s attack against a group that meets weekly on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall to call for the release of the hostages in Gaza.

“From what we know, this attack appears to be a hate crime given the Jewish group that was targeted. I have been in touch with Boulder District Attorney Michael Dougherty and have offered support from the Attorney General’s Office.

“People may have differing views about world events and the Israeli-Hamas conflict, but violence is never the answer to settling differences. Hate has no place in Colorado. We all have the right to peaceably assemble and the freedom to speak our views. But these violent acts—which are becoming more frequent, brazen and closer to home—must stop and those who commit these horrific acts must be fully held to account.”

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