Tag Archives: Elijah McCLain

The arrest of the suspect in the mass shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, has drawn parallels with Elijah McClain’s death. Following the video’s release, it was widely assumed that the perpetrator was white, prompting many on Twitter to question police abuse of Black people. Many pointed out that …

An independent investigation accuses police and paramedics of wrongdoing in the death of Elijah McClain. Back on Aug. 24, 2019, Aurora, Colorado police started an incident with 23-year-old Black man Elijah McClain. Police stopped the young man in Aurora after receiving calls of a suspicious person being in the area. …

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced that he is opening a grand jury investigation into the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. McClain, 23, was a Black massage therapist who was stopped by Aurora police while walking home from a store with iced tea. McClain struggled with officers and died days …

The parents of Elijah McClain have filed a federal lawsuit against the Aurora police officers and paramedics involved in their son’s death. According to the lawsuit filed on Tuesday, Aurora police officers should have never stopped McClain, tackled him nor choked him, and paramedics certainly had no business injecting him …

Three Aurora police officers are under investigation after taking offensive photos at a memorial for Elijah McClain, CBS4 is reporting. CBS4 Investigator Brian Maass said sources told him that the photos show the officers reenacting the carotid restraint that was used on McClain. The department’s interim police chief, Vanessa Wilson, …

The three Aurora, Colorado officers  involved in the death of a 23-year-old Black male, Elijah McClain, have been reassigned over safety reasons, according to Aurora authorities.⁣ ⁣Nathan Woodyard, Jason Rosenblatt, and Randy Roedema will remain on the force, but in the capacity of “non-enforcement” duties, at the Aurora Police Department. …

In an exclusive interview with TMZ, the mother of Elijah McClain firmly believes the City of Aurora, Colorado, and the police officers that killed her son are trying to cover it up. Sheneen McClain told the outlet that despite the reopening and massive attention brought to her son’s case, she …