Investigation Shows Cops 'Have No Legal Reason' to Stop Elijah McClain, Far Less Choke & Injure Him
Elijah McClain was killed by police after he was put in a very chokehold and given the sedative ketamine. The incident began when someone within the neighborhood called the police because McClain was walking down the road with groceries while wearing a mask. McClain reportedly always wore the mask because he was anemic, and infrequently got cold, and he was an introvert. Now, quite a year and a half later, an independent investigation, commissioned by the town , has found that police had no legal basis to prevent McClain that night as he had broken absolutely no law. According to the Denver Post, the investigation also found that the department’s own investigation conducted by detectives within the Major Crimes Unit — was deeply flawed — and deliberately steered to exonerate the officers involved. The detectives did not ask basic, critical questions of the officers involved in Mc...