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Elijah McClain 1996-2019
Elijah McClain 1996-2019
Elijah McClain died after the Aurora, Colo., police restrained him with a now-banned carotid hold in August.
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Here’s What You Need to Know About Elijah McClain’s Death Mr. McClain died days after he was detained by the police in August 2019. His death has come to occupy a central place in Colorado’s fast-moving debate over police reform. NYT Sept. 1, 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/article/who-was-elijah-mcclain.html
Elijah McClain 1996-2019
He was a 23 year-old Black man who was walking home in Aurora, Colo., on the night of Aug. 24, 2019.
He had on headphones, to hear music, and wore a ski mask, as his family said he often did - he was anemic and got cold easily.
But someone said he "looked sketchy" and called 911.
He committed no crime; and wasn't arrested.
But police officers placed Elijah McClain him in a carotid hold, which stops blood to the brain, and injected him with ketamine, a strong sedative.
He went into cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital, and died a few days later.
It is hard to hear on the body-cam video what he told police. "I am an introvert. ... Please respect the boundaries that I am speaking. ...Leave me alone."
What was all at once heart-rending and warming to recall this week was what family and friends said about this young man who seemed an incandescent spirit, who danced at work and played music for animals.
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/04/
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https://www.nytimes.com/article/who-was-elijah-mcclain.html - September 1, 2021
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https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/08/11/
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/25/
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