The Denver Post
Aurora police and paramedics made substantial errors at nearly every stage of their interaction with Elijah McClain and the detectives tasked with investigating the incident that led to the 23-year-old s death stretched the truth to exonerate the officers involved, an independent investigation found.
Aurora police officers did not have a legal basis to force McClain to stop walking, to frisk him or to use a chokehold on him, according to the the investigation commissioned by the city released on Monday.
Paramedics with the city s fire department failed to properly evaluate McClain or even attempt to speak to him before injecting him with a powerful sedative.
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The 23-year-old was killed on August 24, 2019.
Published February 22nd
Eighteen months after the death of
Elijah McClain at the hands of Aurora, Colorado police, an independent investigation points to wrongdoing on the part of the officers who detained and choked the 23-year-old unarmed Black man.
According to the
Denver Post, an independent investigation commissioned by the city found “Aurora police officers did not have a legal basis to force Elijah McClain to stop walking, to frisk him or to use a chokehold on him.” The department’s detectives in the Major Crimes Unit cleared the officers of any wrongdoing but the investigation claims “the report of the Major Crime Unit stretched the record to exonerate the officers rather than present a neutral version of the facts.”
The move comes after an independent report called the investigation into the death of Elijah McClain flawed. Author: Janet Oravetz (9News) Updated: 12:46 PM MST February 23, 2021
AURORA, Colo. In light of the findings of an independent investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, who died following an interaction with Aurora Police (APD) in 2019, the chief of police acknowledged that he should be alive today. The bottom line is Elijah McClain should still be here today, said APD Chief Vanessa Wilson in her opening remarks. Nothing I can say here today or changes that I have made, or the changes that I will continue to make, can bring him back and for that, I am extremely sorry.