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A civil rights investigation begun amid outrage over the death of Elijah McClain has found that the Aurora Police Department has a pattern of racially biased policing, Colorado's attorney general said Wednesday.
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On Wednesday morning, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser shared results of a months-long grand jury investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, who died several days after a violent encounter with Aurora Police in August 2019. The grand jury released a 32-count indictment against two Aurora police officers, a former Aurora police officer, and two Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics.
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Colorado’s attorney general said Wednesday that a grand jury indicted three officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain. All five officers and paramedics were charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, while some also face additional charges.
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On Monday, the city of Aurora released the results of a months-long independent investigation into Elijah McClain’s death. The report’s findings validate what Elijah McClain's mother, Sheneen McClain, has been saying publicly and privately about his death for nearly a year and a half. Ms. McClain joined Colorado Edition to talk about her son, the independent investigation, healing and justice.
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In a brief statement issued Tuesday, Colorado's office of the attorney general said it has been looking into the Aurora Police Department near Denver for several weeks now.
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The parents of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after officers in Aurora stopped him on the street last year and put him in a chokehold, sued police and medical officials Tuesday.
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Prosecutors are investigating whether suburban Denver police officers should face criminal charges for putting four Black girls on the ground and handcuffing two of them after mistakenly suspecting they were riding in a stolen car, a district attorney said Friday.
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Following our conversation with Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson, who led the department as interim chief for the past few months, Aurora protest organizer Candice Bailey joined Colorado Edition to discuss her goals for changing policing in Aurora and Wilson's appointment.
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More than 100 agencies across Colorado have approval from the state to allow medics to use ketamine, an anesthetic, on people who show signs of what's often dubbed "excited delirium," a practice that is now drawing national criticism from anesthesiologists and psychiatrists.
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The local investigation related to the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after police stopped him on the street in suburban…