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October 20, 2021

Family of Elijah McClain Reaches Tentative Deal with the City of Aurora over 2019 Killing
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In Colorado, the family of Elijah Mc Clain has reached a tentative
settlement deal with the city of Aurora in a federal civil rights
lawsuit over Mc Clain's 2019 death. Elijah Mc Clain, a 23-year-old Black
man, was tackled by police, placed in a chokehold and later injected
with a large amount of the powerful sedative ketamine. He died several
days later. Separately from this settlement, three police officers and
two paramedics were indicted last month on manslaughter and homicide
charges. A recent investigation confirmed a pattern of racially biased
policing and use of excessive force in the Aurora Police Department.


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