You can hear on the audio footage, an officer instructing another to move their body camera out of view. A struggle occurred, and he was held in a very dangerous carotid hold around his neck while he cried for help, cried out that he couldn’t breathe, cried out that he was nonviolent and couldn’t even kill a fly, and was repeatedly throwing up. (Warning: for violent description) Elijah was apprehended by a group of three cops, despite committing NO crime and being unarmed. On his way home, the Aurora Police department were called to reports of a “suspicious man.” Because he suffered from anemia he would often wear a ski/ runner mask over his face to stay warm. In August 2019, Elijah went to the gas station to buy some iced tea for himself and his cousins. On his lunch breaks from work, Elijah would go to the animal shelters and play violin for the animals because he thought that they were lonely in their cages and thought that the music would calm them. Calls for Justice for Aurora’s Violinist Elijah McClain GrowĮlijah McClain was a kind and gentle 23 year old who worked as a massage therapist in Aurora, CO.
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