Three Officers and Two Paramedics Are Charged in Elijah McClain’s Death

[Anonymous]

thank gd

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/us/elijah-mcclain-officers-charged-colorado.html

A Colorado grand jury indicted three police officers and two paramedics in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who had been walking home when he was stopped by the police, put into a chokehold and injected with a powerful anesthetic, the attorney general of Colorado announced on Wednesday.

Attorney General Phil Weiser, who had been named as a special prosecutor in the case, announced the 32-count indictment almost exactly two years to the day after Mr. McClain’s death.

“Our goal is to seek justice for Elijah McClain, for his family and friends, and for our state,” Mr. Weiser said at a news conference announcing the charges, the culmination of months of investigation, protests and calls for justice by Mr. McClain’s family and friends that were amplified by the nationwide protests after George Floyd’s murder.

“We’re here today because Elijah McClain is not here, and he should be,” Mr. Weiser said.

The five defendants involved in Mr. McClain’s death in Aurora, Colo., just east of Denver, will each face one charge of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide as well as a variety of assault charges.

Every one of these killings is heartbreaking and infuriating, and this one, too. The pictures of this young man playing his violin for shelter cats has done me in. May there be some justice.

[Anonymous]

This one is especially egregious. He called out “I’m just different!” in desperation. The police association says the officers did nothing wrong. Inhuman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This one is especially egregious. He called out “I’m just different!” in desperation. The police association says the officers did nothing wrong. Inhuman.

I guess we will find out whether it was inhuman when all of the facts come out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This one is especially egregious. He called out “I’m just different!” in desperation. The police association says the officers did nothing wrong. Inhuman.

I guess we will find out whether it was inhuman when all of the facts come out.

Didn't the medic inject him w/ ketamine because he was out of control and he had a bad reaction and died?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This one is especially egregious. He called out “I’m just different!” in desperation. The police association says the officers did nothing wrong. Inhuman.

I guess we will find out whether it was inhuman when all of the facts come out.

You don’t think the grand jury has facts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This one is especially egregious. He called out “I’m just different!” in desperation. The police association says the officers did nothing wrong. Inhuman.

I guess we will find out whether it was inhuman when all of the facts come out.

You don’t think the grand jury has facts?

The grand jury system is highly biased against the defendant.

And you know we can't trust the media to be objective when it comes to LE use of force cases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This one is especially egregious. He called out “I’m just different!” in desperation. The police association says the officers did nothing wrong. Inhuman.

I guess we will find out whether it was inhuman when all of the facts come out.

You don’t think the grand jury has facts?

The grand jury system is highly biased against the defendant.

And you know we can't trust the media to be objective when it comes to LE use of force cases.

Good thing I watched the body cam for myself then. The cop jumped all over this guy for no good reason. An innocent person, not accused of any crime. You can’t detain a person for no reason let alone drug them like a Mexican cartel kidnapping.

[Anonymous]

Great news!

[Anonymous]

It’s about da#n time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This one is especially egregious. He called out “I’m just different!” in desperation. The police association says the officers did nothing wrong. Inhuman.

I guess we will find out whether it was inhuman when all of the facts come out.

You don’t think the grand jury has facts?

The grand jury system is highly biased against the defendant.

And you know we can't trust the media to be objective when it comes to LE use of force cases.

There has been zero media in this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This one is especially egregious. He called out “I’m just different!” in desperation. The police association says the officers did nothing wrong. Inhuman.

I guess we will find out whether it was inhuman when all of the facts come out.

You don’t think the grand jury has facts?

The grand jury system is highly biased against the defendant.

And you know we can't trust the media to be objective when it comes to LE use of force cases.

Oh all of a sudden that’s a problem? Huh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This one is especially egregious. He called out “I’m just different!” in desperation. The police association says the officers did nothing wrong. Inhuman.

I guess we will find out whether it was inhuman when all of the facts come out.

Didn't the medic inject him w/ ketamine because he was out of control and he had a bad reaction and died?

No. They injected a 140 lb. young person with a dose of ketamine appropriate for someone 220 lbs.
They shouldn’t have drugged him to begin with, but they definitely shouldn’t have overdosed the poor kid.

[Anonymous]

Also the cops took the time to visit his memorial and take pictures mocking him

[Anonymous]

Some of his last words.

The officers murdered somebody with a disability. They thought he was dangerous because of how he looked, because of systemic racism in our culture. Elijah did not have to die.

[Anonymous]

Those cops need to be put away for a very long time. They are a danger to society.