Criminal Competency Laws Create Dangerous Loophole as Data Collection Threatens Student Privacy

On August 21, 2025, Kim Monson opened her broadcast as Colorado’s special legislative session convened, welcoming victims’ advocates, crime survivors, and property rights defender Virginia Macha to expose how state policies endanger families and children through criminal justice loopholes and unchecked data harvesting.

Colorado Special Session and TABOR Under Threat

Start listening at 19:33 – Hour 1

Mary Janssen, board member of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers, warned listeners that the timing of Colorado’s special legislative session was deliberately chosen when families are distracted by back-to-school activities. The session threatens TABOR refunds as legislators seek to retain tax revenue collected above constitutional limits. Janssen explained how property taxes hidden in mortgage payments allow government to raise taxes without most citizens noticing, recounting a conversation with a customer who blamed President Trump for her increased mortgage when the true culprit was escalating property taxes.

“It is insolent to have a special session when most of Colorado’s citizens are busy with the start of school.”

Mary Janssen, Colorado Union of Taxpayers Board Member

Criminal Competency Laws Release Violent Offenders

Start listening at 32:37 – Hour 1

Lori Gimelshteyn, co-founder of Colorado Parents Advocacy Network, brought forward families devastated by Colorado’s competency laws that allow violent felons to escape prosecution. Recent legislation has codified a practice where criminals are released after being deemed incompetent to stand trial, often returning to the streets within 90 days despite confessions and eyewitness testimony. District attorneys across the state face victims daily with no legal recourse to pursue justice.

“We the people have a voice and we want our legislature to convene an emergency special session to address these competency laws, either to amend them or repeal them.”

Lori Gimelshteyn, CPAN Co-Founder

Attempted Child Abduction Highlights System Failure

Start listening at 36:06 – Hour 1

Dante White shared the harrowing experience of his 11-year-old son being targeted by a registered sex offender who walked onto a Cherry Creek elementary school campus in April 2024. The perpetrator, Solomon Galligan, had multiple prior felony charges dismissed on competency grounds, including a brutal unprovoked assault on a woman outside a Denver courthouse. Despite surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts, school officials failed to lock down the campus, call police immediately, or prevent children from walking home while the attacker remained at large.

“And I think that’s really eye-opening, right, for that people should see that this is systemic.”

Dante White, Father of Targeted Child

Mother Killed in Hit-and-Run, Driver Released

Start listening at 52:12 – Hour 1

Brittany Visage recounted the November 2024 death of her mother, Christy Kirk, who was dragged 300 feet by a driver in a McDonald’s parking lot in Monument, Colorado. Brittany, her mother, and her two small children had pulled into a designated waiting spot when an adjacent vehicle sideswiped their car. When they stepped out to exchange information, the driver accelerated, striking and killing Christy on scene. Despite the driver later confessing and admitting he knew his actions were wrong, all charges were dropped on competency grounds, and he was not civilly committed.

“So my mom and I got out to look at the damage and exchange insurance information with the other driver, but instead of stopping or acknowledging us, even he hit the gas and hit my mom and drug her body for 300 feet.”

Brittany Visage, Daughter of Christy Kirk

Data Collection Threatens Constitutional Rights

Start listening at 71:08 – Hour 2

Virginia Macha, founder of Stand for the Land Kansas, exposed how USDA programs funneled billions into solar and wind projects that destroy farmland while compromising America’s food supply. She praised USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins for slashing the Rural Energy for America Program and redirecting funds to support young farmers. Macha then pivoted to a more insidious threat: the mass collection and sale of children’s data through school-issued devices and educational technology platforms.

“When we don’t stand up for our constitutional rights, especially the Fourth Amendment, we become compromised down the road somewhere along the way, and everybody suffers.”

Virginia Macha, Stand for the Land Kansas Founder

Student Data Harvested Through Classroom Technology

Start listening at 95:00 – Hour 2

Virginia Macha revealed that by the time a student graduates high school, they have been exposed to 155 to 270 educational apps that collect biometric data, reaction times, behavioral profiles, and location tracking. Approximately 96% of these applications sell or share data with third parties, and current law provides inadequate protection for student information. A federal lawsuit, Students vs. Lawrence Public Schools, challenges the use of surveillance AI tool Gaggle that monitored student emails and documents without proper safeguards, flagging content and disclosing sensitive information to unauthorized parties.

“So anytime that you make a stand, a stand for freedom, a stand for your land, a stand for your child’s information, that is the most courageous act that you can do in your entire life.”

Virginia Macha, Stand for the Land Kansas Founder