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News Articles: Elijah McClain

After suspended Aurora Police Officer Nathan Woodyard was found not guilty on charges over his role in the death of Elijah McClain, his mother Sheneen McClain, right, and supporter MiDian Holmes joined hands and raised their fists in protest as they left a courtroom at the Adams County Justice Center, Nov. 6, 2023.

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Reforms and heartbreak after final sentencing in Elijah McClain's death

Three police officers and two paramedics faced felony charges in death of McClain, a young Black man not suspected of a crime. Two cops were aquitted.

May 01, 2024
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  • Allison Sherry
Sheneen McClain stands at the site where her son Elijah was killed after an interaction with Aurora Police officers and paramedics resulted in the 23-year-old being restrained, choked and given a sedative on Aug. 24, 2019. Elijah McClain died less than a week later after leaving the scene unconscious and unable to breathe under his own power.

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Aurora, Colo., will pay a $15 million settlement over the death of Elijah McClain

The 23-year-old Black massage therapist died days after an encounter with police in August 2019.

November 19, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
String players perform during a violin vigil for Elijah McClain in Washington Square Park on June 29, 2020, in New York City.

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Opinion: Remembering The Life And Spirit Of Elijah McClain

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on this week's indictments in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. He had committed no crime, but police used a carotid hold on him and paramedics injected him with a sedative.

September 04, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
Three Aurora Police Department officers were fired in connection with staged photos wherein one officer held another in an apparent carotid restraint hold. That move was used to subdue Elijah McClain before he died.

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Former Aurora PD Officers Involved In Elijah McClain Photo Scandal Are Still Fired

The city's Civil Service Commission denied the appeals of three officers who were connected to photos that imitated chokeholds where the Black man's violent arrest led to his death.

February 10, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
On Aug. 2, Officers Darian Dasko and Madisen Moen misidentified Brittney Gilliam's SUV license plate as one that matched that of a stolen out-of-state motorcycle. The incident, coupled with growing outrage over the killing of Elijah McClain, was one of several encounters between white officers and Black individuals that lead to mass demonstrations in Aurora, Colo., over the summer.

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No Charges For Colorado Officers Who Held Black Children At Gunpoint

"What happened to the innocent occupants is unacceptable and preventable, but that alone is an insufficient basis to affix criminal culpability," the district attorney's office said on Friday.

January 08, 2021
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  • Vanessa Romo
Elijah McClain's mother, Sheneen McClain (right), gets a hug from <strong></strong>Colorado state Rep. Leslie Herod in June as they stand with protesters outside the Aurora, Colo., police headquarters. On Tuesday, Sheneen McClain and Lawayne Mosley filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in their son's death.

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Parents Of Elijah McClain Sue City Of Aurora, Colo., And Police Over His Death

The federal civil rights lawsuit alleges the parties are responsible for McClain's death last year after police put the 23-year-old in two chokeholds and injected him with ketamine.

August 11, 2020
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  • Laurel Wamsley

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