A New Low': Elijah McClain's Family Reacts To Photos Of Cops 'Re-enacting' Chokehold Death

[tulipsandroses]

WTF is wrong with these people?

The family of Elijah McClain is calling out the Aurora police after a weekend of violence and photos that are shockingly insensitive, according to reports.

According to CBS Denver, three Aurora cops are under investigation for snapping inappropriate photos during the memorial for McClain, who died in August 2019 after police put him in a carotid restraint, otherwise known as a chokehold.

CBS4 investigator Brian Maass reported on Monday that multiple sources “say the photos were disseminated” within the Aurora police department “to other officers and showed the officers reenacting the hold that preceded McClains death.”

Late Monday night, the police department’s interim police chief, Vanessa Wilson, released a statement saying:

“Thursday afternoon, I was apprised of allegations reported to Internal Affairs by an Aurora Police Officer alleging multiple Aurora Police officers were depicted in photographs near the site where Elijah McClain died. All involved officers were immediately placed on administrative leave with pay in non-enforcement capacities.”

Wilson went on to say that an accelerated investigation was completed on Monday. “This investigation will be publicly released in its entirety promptly upon its conclusion. This will include reports, photographic evidence obtained, officer’s names, and my final determination which can rise to the level of termination.”

“Just when we thought the Aurora Police could not be any worse, they somehow find a new low,” reads their statement. “This is a department where officers tackled an innocent young black man for no reason, inflicted outrageous force – including two carotid chokeholds – for fifteen minutes as he pled for his life, joked when he vomited, and threatened to sic a dog on him for not lying still enough as he was dying.”

They continued, “They tampered with their body cameras to hide the evidence. They exonerated the killers. They deployed riot police and spewed pepper gas on peaceful protestors [sic] at a vigil of mourners playing the violin. And now this.”

[link:https://newsone.com/3968497/elijah-mcclains-family-cops-re-enacting-chokehold-death/|

[The Magistrate]

1. I Fail To See What There Is To Investigate, Ma'am

Identify them from the photographs, and fire them on the spot.

Any complaints lodged against them for misbehavior should be revised to indicate they were well founded, and any case in which they testified under oath, or swore out any affidavit, needs to be carefully investigated with an eye towards charges of perjury, but that can easily follow their summary expulsion from the force.

[lunasun]

2. I just saw this investigation about the police photos on TV . Horrific Sickening

Elijah McClain playing violin for cats waiting to be adopted

[peacebuzzard]

4. such a sweet young man.

I am grieving about the horrific end of a dear, sweet soul.
Thanks for posting this picture of his love of music and little kitties.

[tulipsandroses]

3. I've seen interviews with the heads of the police unions fuming about cops being vilified

They are angry that cops are getting a bad name and they are not getting the respect they deserve

Then they pull stunts like this. How do they suppose the public is going to perceive them? Even in cases like this that are highly publicized, they still cannot manage to behave in a manner that the public would respect.

So to the police unions, I don't think you guys are upset that you are not being respected or being vilified. I think you are upset about the possibility of no longer having unchecked power.

[uponit7771]

5. +1, the WHO FUCKIN WORLD is seeing how morally and mentally degenerate some PDs are allowed to be in

... the US.

It's horrifying that they are tone deaf like the Aurora PD ... omfg, they were peacefully playing the violin !!


There's no defense to this

[tishaLA]

6. Shameful.

And the worst part is that we know nothing serious will happen to these horrible excuses for people.