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Aurora Police Helped Kill Elijah McClain. Turns Out They Have History of Racial Bias and Excessive Force, Colorado AG Says
“These actions are unacceptable,” Colorado’s Attorney General Phil Weiser said.
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Police Shootings Continue Despite Protests, Reform Promises and the Pandemic. Cops Are Using Crime Victim Laws to Shield Their Identities
Are fatal police shootings getting more or less prevalent? Here's a story that doesn't really answer that question, but provides much-needed insight.
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Aurora, Colo., Cop Faces Felony Charges, Accused of Beating Black Man With Pistol and Choking Him in Violent Arrest
Apparently, all the anti-police violence protests in the world won't prevent more cases of police violence.
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Elijah McClain Organizers Facing Attempted Kidnapping Charges and Decades of Prison Time for Protesting Aurora, Colo., Police
There are still separate justice systems in America, as has been evidenced by the continuing dearth of criminal consequences for police officers who’ve caused the death of numerous Americans—even in light of last year’s uprisings against high-profile cases of police violence. One such high profile case was that of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man…
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Independent Probe in Elijah McClain Case Accuses Aurora Cops and Medics of Wrongdoing and That Internal Investigation of Incident Was Suspect
An independent investigation into the deadly 2019 arrest of 23-year-old Elijah McClain in Aurora, Colo., has found that police used force on the young man with no justification and that paramedics who later came to the scene dosed him with ketamine based on an “inflated assessment of his size.” The investigation was commissioned by the…
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Aurora, Colorado Officials, Police Officers and Medics File Motions to Dismiss Elijah McClain Lawsuit
Attorneys for Aurora, Colo., police officers and medics involved in the death of Elijah McClain filed several motions with the U.S. District Court of Colorado last week to dismiss a lawsuit brought by McClain’s family in August. The lawsuit alleges that discriminatory practices are what caused officers to put a Black man in a chokehold…
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Families of Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin Thank Naomi Osaka for Centering Their Loved Ones at U.S. Open
As with many prominent athletes this year, tennis star Naomi Osaka has felt compelled to use her platform to spread social justice messages. After sitting out a semifinal match tournament last month in support of the Milwaukee Bucks’ wildcat strike, Osaka chose to draw attention to the victims of police brutality and vigilante violence by…
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Teyana Taylor's 'Still' Music Video Featuring Tributes to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor Garners Mixed Responses
Teyana Taylor’s latest music video for her song “Still” aims to serve as a reminder that Black lives truly matter, and that police brutality in America needs to end. “Still” is found on the Harlem native’s latest project, The Album, and the music video (released on Wednesday) was directed by Taylor as her creative alter…
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Family of Elijah McClain Files Lawsuit Alleging ‘Elijah’s Killers Extinguished the Light of a Beautiful Young Man’
. The family of Elijah McClain is officially suing the city of Aurora, Colorado, the police officers involved in McClain’s detainment and the medical professionals who administered ketamine to the 23-year-old shortly before he was taken to the hospital and put on life support. The federal lawsuit was filed on Tuesday alleging that McClain’s civil…