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  • Elijah McClain's Father Vindicated by Panel Blaming Police for Son's Death

    10 days ago - By TMZ

    Elijah McClain was dealt with in a severely uncalled-for manner by Aurora, CO cops and paramedics - so says an independent panel investigating the 23-year-old Black man's death... and now his family wants the officers criminally charged. Elijah's...
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  • Investigators Find Police Department and D.A. Failed Elijah McClain

    10 days ago - By Essence

    By Ashlee Banks · February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Independent investigators released a report Monday, February 22 that determined police were at fault for the deadly arrest of Elijah McClain. The arresting officers were faulted for “quick, aggressive treatment” of McClain, and District Attorney Dave Young was called out for failing to properly investigate the case, The Associated Press reports. McClain, 23, was killed while being arrested by Aurora, Colorado police in August 2019 after someone reported him as suspicious. The report, which was commissioned by by the city of Aurora, found...
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