‘Someone Who Mattered’: Justice Still Lingers for Elijah McClain’s Family As Cop Who Held Him In Deadly Chokehold Faces Trial
A Colorado jury found a police officer guilty of criminally negligent homicide and assault but acquitted another officer in the case of an unarmed Black man, Elijah McClain, on Thursday, but it is not the end of the longstanding quest for justice for the man’s family. The 12-member jury determined the fate of Aurora, Colorado,…