DENVER JUSTICE PROJECT RESPONDS TO GEORGE BRAUCHLER’S DECISION NOT TO CHARGE DEPUTY WHO KILLED JALIN SEABRON
DOUGLAS COUNTY, CO — At a press conference held this afternoon, District Attorney George Brauchler announced that no charges will be filed against Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Moore for the killing of 23-year-old Jalin Seabron. The Denver Justice Project vehemently condemns this decision—and the system that enabled it.
Douglas County is nearly 90% white and proudly among the most pro-open carry jurisdictions in Colorado. It has even opted out of recent state legislation restricting firearms in sensitive public spaces, choosing instead to allow guns in government buildings. So what happens when a Black man lawfully carries a firearm in a county where gun possession is not only legal—but actively promoted? He’s executed.
According to Brauchler, footage showed Jalin “pointing his gun” in three “distinct” instances. What he failed to mention is that Jalin was being pursued by armed individuals outside. He never fired his weapon—he warned them to stay back, protecting himself and his pregnant girlfriend. Those moments took place in under three seconds. If the justification for ending a life rests on a split-second response—while under threat, in a county that promotes open carry—then this isn’t about public safety. It’s about racialized assumptions and deadly bias.
This is not the first time Nicholas Moore has used deadly force. At the same press conference, Brauchler defended his decision by citing Moore’s prior 2022 use of force—which was also deemed justified. Rather than raising alarm about a pattern of escalation, Moore’s violent history was weaponized as a defense. This is how impunity operates: the system investigates itself, absolves itself, and protects its own—enabling officers like Moore to kill without consequence. Make no mistake: Moore will kill again. The system has only emboldened him.
This reflects a broader pattern of prosecutorial decision-making across the US—a system that consistently dehumanizes and criminalizes Black people, particularly Black men, even when they are engaging in behavior that white individuals are legally permitted and socially encouraged to do.
If Douglas County intends to champion open carry, it must do so equitably—or not at all. Until then, the law is not neutral. The law is not fair. And Black life remains conditional.
We mourn the loss of Jalin Seabron. His life had value. His death was unjust. District Attorney George Brauchler’s decision not to file charges sends a troubling message: that the life of a young Black man can be taken without accountability, and that justice remains out of reach.
