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Why was #ElijahMcClain stopped?
Why after it was determined that he was just a guy with a bag of iced tea listening to music did the officers detain, place a chokehold on, and beat #ElijahMcClain?
Why did the officers move their body cams away from view of what they were doing?
Why after it was determined that he was just a guy with a bag of iced tea listening to music did the officers detain, place a chokehold on, and beat #ElijahMcClain?
Why did the officers move their body cams away from view of what they were doing?
Why did they shoot Elijah up with such a high dosage of Ketamine?
How are the officers who killed #ElijahMcClain not in jail?
Would the officers had treated a white kid the same way?
Would the DA have treated the case the same if the kid was white?
#JusticeForElijahMcClain
How are the officers who killed #ElijahMcClain not in jail?
Would the officers had treated a white kid the same way?
Would the DA have treated the case the same if the kid was white?
#JusticeForElijahMcClain
What happened to #ElijahMcClain was textbook police targeting and abuse. What’s sad is the whole system is designed to protect bad officers so it keeps happening. The cops lied about it, the DA overlooked the abuse, the police dept. accepted the abuse, and the cycle continues.
On August 24th of last year, 23 y/o Elijah McClain, a massage therapist who loved animals & often played violin for stray cats at Petco, was detained on his way home from picking up an iced tea for his brother in Aurora, Colorado.
He was listening to music & dancing.
He was listening to music & dancing.
Elijah was wearing an open-face ski mask, like the one pictured here, as he was anemic & usually cold, even in warm weather.
A man named Juan called 9-1-1 reporting that he saw someone who looked "sketchy", but stated he wasn't afraid of him and he [Elijah] appeared unarmed.
A man named Juan called 9-1-1 reporting that he saw someone who looked "sketchy", but stated he wasn't afraid of him and he [Elijah] appeared unarmed.
Soon 3 @AuroraPD officers (L-R): Randy Roedema, Jason Rosenblatt & Nathan Woodyard approached Elijah who was understandably shaken.
Then the 3 men tackled the 140-lb McClain to the ground, put him in a carotid hold (a sleeper hold that cuts off blood flow to the brain)
Then the 3 men tackled the 140-lb McClain to the ground, put him in a carotid hold (a sleeper hold that cuts off blood flow to the brain)
This is #elijahmclain - He was an introvert, anaemic, vegetarian, played his violin to stray cats to keep them calm. Loved everyone, was kind. In August 2019 he was walking home, wearing a ski mask due to his anaemia, someone called the police. Three police men murdered him.
No one has been held accountable for this man’s death. Please sign their petition and donate if you can to the go fund me which I’ll add in a separate tweet. #elijahmclain #BLM
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