Just heard about this. So sad and disgusting
"Officers attempted to stop McClain, who was walking in the 1900 block of Billings Street near East Colfax Avenue, after someone called 911 to report a "sketchy" man flailing his arms and wearing a ski mask.
McClain, who routinely wore masks when outside because he had anemia and became cold easily, according to family, refused to stop for officers when they first contacted him. "I have a right to go where I am going," he said.
An officer got close to McClain and touched him. "Stop tensing up, dude. Stop tensing up," the officer said. McClain said: "I am going home. … Leave me alone," and "Let me go. No, let me go. I am an introvert. Please respect my boundaries that I am speaking.
A struggle escalated, and three officers wrangled McClain toward a lawn, eventually taking him down. During the struggle, Roedema claimed that McClain tried to grab for Rosenblatt's holstered gun.
One camera goes dark, but audio can still be heard. McClain cried, pleaded and whimpered. "Ouch, that really hurts," he said. "I'm so sorry. I don't have a gun. I don't do that stuff."
As McClain, who weighed 140 pounds, was held on the ground, Woodyard applied a "carotid control hold" around McClain's neck. McClain was handcuffed with his hands behind his back. He vomited several times."
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/23/elijah-mcclain-dead-no-charges-aurora-officers/
All he did was not stop immediately when police arrived because some idiot couldn't mind his own business. And "Stop tensing up" is such an ironic statement coming from the police. Like why do you think he's tensing up?
www.npr.org
sentinelcolorado.com
www.thecut.com
