Colorado protesters shut down highway calling for justice in the death of Elijah McClain

[Omaha Steve]

Source: CNN

By Amir Vera,

(CNN)Colorado protesters shut down Highway 225 Saturday in a peaceful demonstration calling for justice in the death of Elijah McClain.

McClain, 23, died last August during a confrontation with Aurora police officers. One officer placed McClain in a carotid hold, or chokehold. McClain suffered a heart attack while in the ambulance and was declared brain dead three days later.

Link to tweet

Demonstrators on Saturday first gathered at the Aurora Municipal Center and were on the highway about an hour later, according to CNN affiliate KMGH-TV. Police had already shut down the highway before protesters arrived, the affiliate said. The Aurora Police Department tweeted that the protests were peaceful with no injuries or arrests reported.

"We not only recognize a person's right to freedom of speech and expression; we support and protect their right to do so in a peaceful manner," Interim Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson wrote in a statement to KMGH.



Protesters shutdown Highway 225 in Aurora, Colorado, on June 27, 2020.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/27/us/colorado-protest-elijah-mcclain/index.html

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. His death (murder) hit me harder than all the rest.

I know all should be equal, but this one was the most atrocious, IMO.

[benpollard]

2. The police killed him...

... because he "looked suspicious."

WTF?