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June 29, 2020

Police in Aurora, Colorado, Pepper-Spray Protesters Calling for Justice for Elijah McClain
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In Aurora, Colorado, police used pepper spray on crowds Saturday as
thousands took to the streets, shutting down an interstate, as they
called for justice for Elijah Mc Clain, who was killed by police last
year. Mc Clain, a 23-year-old African American man, was tackled by
police as he headed home from a local convenience store, placed in a
chokehold and then injected with ketamine by paramedics. Also at
Saturday's protest for Mc Clain, a group of violinists held a vigil,
playing their violins - an instrument Elijah Mc Clain also played - in
his honor. Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced Thursday a special
prosecutor would reopen a probe into the police killing of Elijah Mc
Clain.


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