Firing upheld for officers who mocked Elijah McClain's chokehold death
Source: The Washington Post
Kim Bellware 1 hr ago
Three Aurora, Colo., police officers who were fired last year over a photo mocking the chokehold death of Elijah McClain will not get their jobs back, the city’s Civil Service Commission ruled Tuesday.
The conclusion by the three-person commission upholds Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson’s decision to fire Officers Erica Marrero, Kyle Dittrich and Jason Rosenblatt last July, supporting the first concrete disciplinary action taken against an Aurora police officer in connection with McClain’s 2019 death and its aftermath.
McClain was walking home in August 2019 when he was detained by police who were responding to a 911 call reporting the 23-year-old massage therapist, who is Black, as “sketchy.” McClain was wearing headphones and a ski mask over his face because of a chronic health condition and did not immediately stop for police. Officers later tackled him and placed him in a carotid chokehold, a restraint maneuver that restricts blood flow to the brain. Responding paramedics injected him with a powerful sedative, and McClain went into cardiac arrest en route to the hospital. He died several days later.
An unarmed 23-year-old black man died after police stopped him. The Colorado governor wants a new probe.
The fired officers could not immediately be reached for comment.
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