After millions signed a public petition, the death of Elijah McClain is now being reinvestigated.
Friends and family described McClain as “a spiritual seeker, pacifist, oddball, vegetarian, athlete, and peacemaker who was exceedingly gentle.”“is laying on the ground vomiting, he is begging, he is saying, ‘I can’t breathe.'”
Newman also questioned why this is finally being looked at now. “Why did it take almost a year, international media attention, millions of people signing a petition for a responsible adult to finally step up and do what should have happened right from the outset?” she said.,”I don’t open up investigations based on petitions.
The Aurora district attorney declined to file charges against officers who stopped McClain — Nathan Woodyard, Jason Rosenblatt, and Randy Roedema — and they were reinstated to the force just three months after his death.
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