A Colorado jury has reached a verdict in the case of Elijah McClain, convicting one of two officers in McClain’s 2019 death. NBC News’ Erin McLaughlin has details.
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#Colorado #Police #ElijahMcClain
Tooo Sad of a news! My deepest Sympathy to families and friends of Elijah.
Too much hate, Love is need we are all human being. ❤❤❤
Amen 🙏 📖 📯 📯
Billions in lawsuits and salaries for scum in blue. Why do they hire the worst people to be cops. Immunity kills us and the DA’s and judges protect these evil liars. God help us.
Such a beautiful soul with a golden heart…what a loss
What about the nurse?
Some humans are just so cruel
This isn’t cruel. It’s EVIL. The boy was begging for his life. And these pigs had the NERVE to say he was trying to get their guns. A kid that was 140 lbs with two grown men on his back.
Cruel is one word for “some humans.”
No,Animals Are Cruel. Humans Are Just Plain Evil. Officially God’s Worst Creation To Date.
An American citizen went to a store, paid for his iced tea and began to walk home. Police show up, tackle him. Cuff him. And then order paramedics to forcefully inject him with a lethal amount of Ketamine. Wow.
It’s a very sad, very tragic event. I don’t know what the motivations were of the person who called, since Elijah was not even remotely hurting anyone or being destructive to anyone’s property.
Straight up EVIL MAY EVERYONE INVOLVED GET WHAT COMING THEIR WAY.
You are safer living just about anywhere.
That’s an accurate summary, welcome to the police state as foretold decades ago, Yeah Wow
You’re WAY WRONG. How about DECADES of black crime? Blacks are 13% of the population yet create about 90% of the crime and chaos. And when someone calls about a suspicious male negroid wearing a mask….. who do you think they’re going to look for? An elderly white grandmother? Elijah could have CHOSEN to cooperate with police, but like most blacks, he CHOSE TO NOT COOPERATE.
After McClain’s death, police officers from the same department joked and mocked his death by taking selfies of themselves in a choke-hold and sharing the photos with fellow officers.
@J. Stevens https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=H1jagBRlLzs
@J. Stevenslook it up multiple officers got in trouble for it. They took selfies in headlocks. It would take you shorter to look it up than it took to type your comment and all of your comments being very sassy like the queen you are.
@J. StevensThere are pictures and news coverage stories, google it! They took pictures where he was murdered. A female officer too.
@J. Stevensit is LITERALLY why officer Rodema was fired from the department. Do try and keep up. They took the picture mocking the chokehold AT ELIJAS MEMORIAL- and texted it to each other. And laughed – he replied with HAHAHA. Feel free to type a few words in the search bar. Duh
@J. Stevens🤡
Rest up heaven young man ❤
Heaven doesn’t exist. That’s the thing. They murdered him and your magic sky palace isn’t even real so he’s just gone for no reason.
Aurora CO police have been out of control for decades.
It was about time! RIP Elijah
Aqcuited of all charges by an all white jury.
Do you know that it was an all white jury?
@Ian Ritteryou don’t have to be there to know 😂 yall conservatives love playing dumb when it benefits yall
@†ê§†ïmðñïµm Your confidence only shows your ignorance.
stay classic America…
You voted for it .
It’s “stay classy” not “classic”
Another one bites the dust.
only if his community stop doing violent crimes. have you heard any police stopping asians to investigate?? 😅
Crazy stupid comment from someone who probably watches conservative youtube all day, its always conservatives with these snarky and smug comments, I bet you got to church every sunday.
What are you saying Jeffrey Dahmer, or maybe i should say Gao Chengyong.
Bruh,Just Say You Hate Black People And Move On.
Make sure that they are incarcerated in a state penitentiary
dunno about that tops they can get is 7 years or a fine. And most is probation
JUAN should have never called the police.
So shouldn’t the EMS be charged and not the cops?
@tri catfilms
Wasn’t he drugged because of them, they injected him with ketamine
No the cops illegally stopped and arrested him and that directly caused his death
@tri catfilms😂 you are talking about another case or you’re trolling. In this case the cops first words were I have the right to stop you because you’re being suspicious which is a blatant lie
They’re All Responsible For This Young Man’s Death.
@tri catfilms He Had An Allergic Reaction To The Ketamine They Pumped Inside Of His Body.
US Police = Hamas
May they all face accountability and this poor soul rest easy
As I recall, he had an allergic reaction to the ketamine – it wasn’t that they gave him a grossly high dose. He also freaked out and refused to identify himself. I think it’s wrong for the police and paramedics to be charged in this case. I think the only reason these charges were brought or stuck was because this happened during the summer of 2020 when people were flipping out over police interactions with blacks.
@Rob Ryou aren’t even American stop commenting on our videos we have rights and a constitution in America and when cops don’t respect that they deserve to go to prison
@Ian Rittersomeone calling and saying he hadn’t commited a crime isn’t reasonable suspicion in America
@Ian Ritter illegally stopping him and illegally arresting him is what caused his death and they are 100% responsible
@Rob R Hmmm,Are You Police Officers Don’t Have Bad History With Blacks? No? Nothing? Yeah,Ok. This Dude Died Due To Allergies To Ketamine BTW.
@kenkcardRespectfully, you kind of contradicted yourself. Cops are held highly accountable, and this will happen again until they are held responsible? Can you explain the collision on thoughts?
Все удары Хамас по мирному населению Израиля, сделаны на деньги Байдена, он руководит Хамас
Slow, , justice
Murderous pigs be doing murderous pig stuff. I bet this guy makes a ton friends in prison
If you want a trial to follow: Ta Kiya Young in Ohio. And the prison is in YOUNGStown
What about her? For one the investigation is ongoing and she wasn’t a saint in this incident. Look at ALL the facts and her criminal record before rushing to judgement on this one.
@Davecriminal history is absolutely irrelevant you racists are so ignorant it isn’t even funny
May he rest peacefully 💙💔
It’s been awhile since I read about Elijah, but I
believe he would volunteer at a local animal
shelter and would play the violin for the cats
especially.
He was described as a gentle soul.
RIP Elijah McClain
@Tonyrayrayread the room clown…wrong post🙄🤡
@TonyrayrayYou’re in the wrong country.
His story makes me cry. To good for our society he was. I’d say we need more people like him, but this is a great example of how we treat said people.
@Tonyrayraythe whole reason they were charged is because they had no right to stop or detain him
@Tonyrayray So What? He’s Allowed To Wear A Skin Mask If He Wants To Wear One. Especially,If It’s Cold Outside. Plus,It Was COVID Around The Time Of His Death. If He Bought It,He Can Wear It If He Wants To.
Who cares. The victim is black. That’s the only reason why this is a thing. Another thug who couldn’t follow commands.
Cops are corrupt
This shouldn’t have been difficult.
Justice immediately
My heart goes out to his mother. May her beautiful son Elijah continue to rest in peace. 👑🕊💛💫
We libs trust the msm. We trust cops too. Lol.
Great news
BACK THE BLUE!
TRUMP IS FAR AHEAD OF BIDEN IN EVERY POLL! When President Trump is re-elected in 204, he will Pardon everyone
She said he was stomped then gives details saying they tackled him. Which was it? Would you be comfortable if someone was walking through your neighborhood wearing a ski mask when from the looks of the video, it obviously wasn’t that cold?
@danrichards496 in what what was the responder to your ridiculous comment “playing victim”? I swear its like the same archaic talking points are grossly overused and misused to the point where there leaves no logic just prejudice and justification of biased prejudice 🤯
@danrichards496 The fact is, someone is guilty of murder. Another fact, as an American, I can wear whatever clothing I choose.
@Dan Richardsit’s an undeniable provable fact that wearing a ski mask isn’t considered suspicious in the USA and they illegally detained him which makes his death 100% their fault
Here’s a fact, we have no dress code that states you can’t walk through a neighborhood with a ski mask, as a matter of fact, in Colorado, you can walk down the street with a ski mask and a rifle slung across your back and its perfectly legal. Your also constitutionally entitled to travel freely, without objection unless you’ve committed a provable crime. You are not obligated to surrender any rights without justification l, nor should you have to. I doubt if a cop rolled up on you and asked to ransack your vehicle or home simply because you have a mustache in the middle of summer and it doesn’t seem to be that cold, you would allow it, and if you would, your probably not a true American citizen.
@Dan Richards🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🌈🌈🌈🌈
Rip ❤
😢😢😢😢😢😢… Enough is Enough
Death penalty day of court is the only justified outcome. Anything else is not justice.
Here we go again. Killed while brown with a phone, subway sandwich, crossing the road…
America where a dark brown man sleeping in a car is shot 16 times by police but a pink man waving a hammer is asked to put it down.
Where a pink intruder breaks into someone’s house, falls asleep in someone’s bed and is gently awakened by police and asked to leave.
A global response to America’s human rights abuses is well overdue.
While my heart goes out to the families and this type of thing really must end… but we can’t ignore a scary simple fact about the media… they NEVER report or the white victim shot and killed by police because it doesn’t fit their motives or narratives. The news wouldn’t have much to talk about if they allowed racism to end. Think about it….
Respectfully, news outlets absolutely highlight the wrongdoings of police brutality against whites often. Racism is absolutely a reality and therefore will be discussed despite those those who feel like it has ended, It may make people uncomfortable, and that’s a fair feeling but to those who’ve experienced or will experience it deserve for their stories to be told as do any victims. A simple google of white victims and police brutality are accessible.
Sad both weren’t convicted.
Hey look, a spy ballon…
But why was he wearing a ski mask?
Who’s business is it and who cares? This is America, i think.
@M. Pam Because ski mask are predominantly worn by criminals. Most people use a scarf if their face is cold.
Also, I’m not saying this guy wasn’t innocent, but I’ve seen so many “Innocent black men brutally murdered by police for literally no reason” who turned out to be violent criminals that I’m instantly suspicious.
@blackkakari
Yeah I agree, a lot of them do end up being violent criminals like the Michael Jackson impersonator, but everything I’ve heard about this guy shows that he was a kind and gentle soul, I mean the man played violin to cats at rescue shelters, you can tell by his pictures he’s not like those other men they mindlessly praise
Yeah it’s weird that he wore a ski mask, but that by itself is not a crime and definitely not a reason to murder someone, the men who BLM go nuts over protecting often threaten to or have in the past harmed innocent women, children, elderly etc. this guy did no such thing, he just went to the shops like normal, yeah wearing a ski mask at night is suspicious and as a black man in America pretty idiotic, but since it’s meant to be the land of the free and all, I think he should have been able to wear a mask without being mercilessly drugged and killed
@Fern the Green Fairy It’s just sad that all the fake injustices have thrown doubt over the real ones.
Simply, because he can.
I see this kid’s dad every so often in passing. (The CO metro area is small) Last I spoke to him he was in a real rough spot coordinating with Elijah’s mother and pushing forward on the trial. This is bittersweet but I hope the next time I see him if ever, we can share a moment over the remaining convictions.
His dad wasn’t around until he heard there was a 15 million dollar lawsuit settlement his mother raised him by herself
EMS should be JAILED FOR LIFE
🤎 This is just the beginning for ⚖️, but 🙏🏼rest easy now #ElijahMcClain 🎻🎼🫂
Good!
Crimes of “cops” are having very serious problems of humanity. 🤯🤯
WOW 🎉🎉🎉🎉BYEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!! GOOOD HE DESERVES MUCHHHHH WORSE ! What a PSYCHO going up to a CHILD and ATTACKING him!!!!! The Devil gonna get you in the PRISON HONEY !
I’d take 1 Elijah McClain over a thousand of these psychopathic corrupt police officers.
Elijah’s family, friends and society failed him. They should have taught him to not be stupid.
@stephen Walker His family is probably where he got it from.
The Boy Literally Just Bought Some Stuff From The Store And Was Walking Home. We Didn’t Fail Him,This Country’s 3rd World System,Laws And Infrastructure Did. Plain And Simple.
@Ghost PrinceYou can’t argue with people who lack common sense.
@N H Yup! Or FreeWill. People Are Mentality Walking Around With Chains On Their Necks,Wrists And Ankles And Don’t Even Know It Or They Do Know It And Are Happy To Be Enslaved. Stupid Is What Stupid Does.
You have children I pray your words don’t fall on them. Don’t make me blast your pic and comment on social media either you might lose your job slick mouth.
This would top of all the headlines and there would be rioting in the streets if this was during a Republican presidency.
Police is rarely found guilty. EMTs tho, good luck to them. They dont have the protections cops do.
The initial responding officer that was yelling, Stop! Stop! that went hands on right away, hope that dirtbag is not the one that got acquitted.
The Karen that called the police should be on trial too! Walking while black a death sentence in amerika!
Good 👏🏽
Keep it up society. Pretty soon nobody will want to be police or EMS. You will soon reep what you sow.
How can you convict a cop of the death but now go after EMS? Smh. Its like a person having heart disease but ssying they died of COVID, because the had it in their system.
Cops get called to suspicious circumstances all the time. If you don’t let them do their job then how can they determine if a crime is/was committed?
Education if you have any failed you along with basic common sense.
@brandy go watch what happened again dutty gal😂
All about race. Pretty soon black people shouldn’t be arrested or even questioned 😂
Uh oh people, so basically what they’re is that their protest will most likely end in a looting of their local Wal-Mart or Target stores. Got it👍
I think about this kid from time to time, and i live thousands of miles from where he was murdered. I can’t imagine the pain his family has to endure.
Is the paramedic guilty too? Sounds like the medical examiner ruled the cause of death from the ketamine.
Convict them all they murdered Elijah ‼️ #justiceforElijahMcClain #JusticeForElijah #sayhisname #ElijahMcClain #EndRacismBuildPeace #stoppolicebrutallity #BLMForever #BlackLivesStillMatter
https://youtu.be/L2RqsQngEUQ?si=pDuGNCbqghUW1YJ6
If BLACKS were to stop committing so much crime (which will NEVER happen), then the police might STOP SUSPECTING THEM. And when will BLACK PEOPLE SIMPLY START TO COOPERATE WITH POLICE??? The police aren’t out there to deliver flowers and chocolates, ya know. Someone called about a suspicious black man with a mask on, so the police came out. All Elijah had to do, was simply COOPERATE. But he CHOSE not to.
What’s your race/ethnicity?
@N H White, by the grace of God. How about yours?
@terry7893 Oh, ok cool. I’m Black by the grace of God.
They robbed the world of such a beautiful , gentle intelligent soul , all while assuming that he must be a gangster or lying about his anemia when he really did nothing wrong. I hope they realize what a light they robbed the world of
Being killed in the hands of the group of people who swore to prevent death must have been scary. Rest in peace Elijah.
White people
A kind soul whose life was brutally horrifically stolen from him.
Rest in peace, Elijah McClain.
Put these animals cops in jail for life member cops are not above the laws
This case is tragic.