Police, medics charged for 2019 death of Elijah McClain
Al JazeeraMcClain died after being injected with a sedative during a police stop in Aurora, Colorado, near Denver. McClain’s pleading words that were captured on police body camera video – “I’m just different” – have been posted on signs at protests and spoken by celebrities who joined those calling for the prosecution of the officers who stopped McClain as he walked down the street in the city of Aurora after a 911 caller reported he looked suspicious. “Our goal is to seek justice for Elijah McClain, for his family and his friends,” Weiser said at a brief news conference, which he left without taking questions. His family and his friends must now go on and live without him.” Qusair Mohamedbhai, a lawyer for Elijah’s mother, Sheneen McClain said she “is overwhelmed emotionally by this news and appreciates the hard work of Phil Weiser and the rest of his team”. Stop … I have a right to stop you because you’re being suspicious.” In the video, the officer puts his hand on McClain’s shoulder and turns him around and repeats, “Stop tensing up.” As McClain verbally protests, the officer says, “Relax, or I’m going to have to change this situation.” As the other officers join in to restrain McClain, he asks them to let go and says, “You guys started to arrest me, and I was stopping my music to listen.” What happened next is not clear because all of the officers’ body cameras come off as they move McClain to the grass, but the officers and McClain can still be heard.