The parents of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old violinist who died last year after Colorado police put him in two chokeholds and paramedics sedated him with ketamine, have filed a lawsuit.
Colorado state Rep. Leslie Herod in June as they stand with protesters outside the Aurora, Colo., police headquarters. On Tuesday, Sheneen McClain and Lawayne Mosley filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in their son's death.The parents of Elijah McClain, a Black man who died last year after police twice put him in a chokehold and paramedics sedated him, have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.
McClain was not suspected of committing any crimes when police approached him, as Colorado Public Radio's Allison Sherry"McClain, a professional massage therapist, is described as a gentle soul, an animal lover and a self-taught violinist in the 106-page civil rights complaint.
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