‘It Lets Us Down’: Elijah McClain’s Mother Loses Faith In Justice System After Second Aurora Police Officer Acquitted In Black Man’s 2019 Death
After a two-week trial, an Aurora, Colorado, police officer who violently detained Elijah McClain during the young Black man’s fatal encounter with police was found not guilty on Monday on all charges related to McClain’s death. After the verdict, Nathan Woodyard’s duty as an officer will be reviewed after the department suspended him without pay…
