Aurora Police use unnecessary force at a peaceful vigil for Elijah McClain

*Updated June 29th, 2020 to reflect the breaking story of photographs of  Aurora police officers posing in the carotid chokehold at the site where Elijah McClain was killed by 3 Aurora police officers.      Elijah McClain was a 23-year-old, quiet young man, who played the violin. He was walking home from getting his brother an iced tea at the store, wearing headphones and an open-face ski mask he used to combat getting cold due to anemia. That’s all he was doing. Yet someone called the police on him. Aurora Police decided to stop him for “suspicious behavior” which involved … Continue reading Aurora Police use unnecessary force at a peaceful vigil for Elijah McClain