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Elijah McClain’s family has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the Aurora, Colorado police officers and paramedics involved in his death violated his constitutional rights, reports The Denver Post. “Plaintiffs bring this action seeking both accountability for the profound loss of a beautiful soul, and to ensure that Elijah did not die in vain by sending a resounding message that racism and brutality have no place in American law enforcement,” the lawsuit states. The lawsuit names as defendants the city of Aurora, the three Aurora officers who stopped him — Nathan Woodyard, Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt — as well as 10 other officers, a paramedic and the doctor who oversees Aurora Fire Rescue’s ketamine program. Aurora’s unconstitutional conduct on the night of Aug. 24, 2019, is part of a larger custom, policy, and practice of racism and brutality, as reflected by its conduct both before and after its murder of Elijah McClain, a young Black man,” the lawsuit states. Aurora police officers stopped McClain on Aug. 24 after a report of a suspicious person. The officers decided to detain McClain and violently forced him to the ground and handcuffed him before a paramedic injected McClain with ketamine. McClain suffered cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital, where he was later declared braindead. He died on Aug. 30. • #ElijahMcclain #auroraco #auroracolorado #AuroraPD #auroropolice #JusticeforElijahMcClain #policinginamerica #police #socialjusticereport #police #unheardvoicesmag #policeencounters #policebrutalityawareness (at Aurora, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDwuGWQF8kv/?igshid=nynuiqbegahm

Aurora police are in the news again. Aurora, Colorado, police have issued an apology Monday after drawing guns on a woman and four minors after mistaking her car for one that had been stolen. Brittney Gilliam was with her 6-year-old daughter, 12-year-old sister and 14- and 17-year-old nieces Sunday when police drew their weapons on them. Gilliam said she, her sister and 17-year-old niece were handcuffed while police verified that the car Gilliam was driving was not stolen. A Facebook video that has gone viral shows the children on the ground in a parking lot, surrounded by police. They can be heard crying in the video. Onlookers try to intervene and question police about pulling their guns on their girls. "I have called (Gilliam's) family to apologize and to offer any help we can provide, especially for the children who may have been traumatized by yesterday's events," Interim Chief of Police Vanessa Wilson said late Monday. "I have reached out to our victim advocates so we can offer age-appropriate therapy that the city will cover." Aurora’s police chief has launched an internal investigation. Police blamed a misunderstanding: The license plate number on a stolen motorcycle matched the family’s blue SUV, and that car had been reported missing earlier this year, too. Brittney Gilliam, who had been driving her relatives to the salon, said the mix-up did not justify forcing her young relatives onto the pavement or putting two of them, ages 12 and 17, in handcuffs. She has since filed a complaint. “That’s police brutality,” she told KUSA. “There’s no excuse why you didn’t handle it a different type of way. … You could have even told them, 'Step off to the side let me ask your mom or your auntie a few questions so we can get this cleared up.’ ” • #Aurorapolice #AuroraPD #policebrutalityawareness #police #unheardvoicesmag #aurora #auroraco #policeencounters #policebrutality #videos #viral (at Aurora, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDePVkJlbXx/?igshid=r7famdm2o3b0

Pieces of shit. They think it’s funny they can kill us and nothing will happen. #blackhistory365 #elijahmcclain #aurorapd https://www.instagram.com/p/CCQ747qDOTe/?igshid=11suvxsb6icct