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Elijah McClain, 23, died in August 2019 in the aftermath of being in police custody.\u00a0 Over 2 million people signed a petition for Colorado to reopen this case and to investigate it. Their governor, Jared Polis, agreed and took action. Elijah McClain is an African-American.<\/p>\n
From CNN:<\/span><\/p>\n On August 24, 2019, McClain was stopped by three White officers as he walked home from a convenience store, after a 911 caller described a “suspicious person,” according to a police overview of the incident. McClain resisted officer contact, the report says, and a struggle ensued. On one of the officers’ body cameras, McClain is heard saying, “I’m an introvert, please respect the boundaries that I am speaking.”<\/p>\n Body cam video shows McClain telling officers that he was trying to stop his music to listen to them, then they begin to arrest him. One officer is heard telling another, “He just grabbed your gun, dude.”<\/p>\n The video shows an officer wrestle McClain to the ground.<\/p>\n At one point during the struggle, an officer is heard telling McClain, “If you keep messing around, I’m going to bring my dog out and he’s going to dog bite you.”<\/p>\n An officer placed McClain in a carotid hold, or chokehold, and he briefly lost consciousness, according to an overview of the incident provided by police. They released the hold, the report says, and he began struggling again. When paramedics arrived at the scene they administered ketamine to sedate McClain, the report said. According to a letter from the district attorney, McClain suffered a heart attack while in the ambulance, and he was declared brain dead three days later.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n CNN has more on the article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Video of the event:<\/span><\/p>\n