The family of a 23-year-old Black man who died after a violent encounter with Aurora, Colorado, police officers filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city and its police on Tuesday, alleging murder and routine use of excessive force against Black people.
Sheneen McClain, the mother of Elijah McClain, weeps at a demonstration protesting the death of her son and racial inequality in Aurora, Colorado, U.S., June 27, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
A spokeswoman for Aurora said the city attorney’s office was reviewing the complaint but had no immediate comment. The case drew renewed scrutiny and public ire in June as protesters against racial injustice and police brutality took to the streets across the United States after George Floyd, a Black man, died in Minneapolis when an officer knelt on his neck.
The officers have said McClain tried to take their guns, but there is no body camera footage supporting those statements, the complaint said.
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