Elijah McClain Death – Dead : Obituary : Black Man Died After a Struggle with Aurora Police officers.
Elijah McClain has died after being restrained by police and injected with a sedative by paramedics, according to a statement posted online on August 24, 2019.
Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black massage therapist in Aurora, Colorado, died after being restrained by police and injected with a sedative by paramedics on the evening of August 24, 2019. On the way to hospital he suffered cardiac arrest and was taken off life support 7 days later. An autopsy report was inconclusive and could not determine the cause of death.
Tributes.
The following are some tributes posted on social media to honor the life and the legacy of the deceased.
these are Elijah McClain’s last words before cops finished murdering him. the cops claimed that their body cams “fell off” beforehand.
I can’t imagine being black in this fucked up, awful country. there’s a fundraiser link for his mother in my bio—please give if you can. https://t.co/SuGaIgAb0o
— (@calebsaysthings) June 22, 2020
There’s a new hashtag every week and we’re getting TIRED of fighting to be treated like human beings. Our hearts are heavy tonight as we mourn the loss of Elijah McClain. We can’t keep allowing black men to die at the hands at the police.
DEFUND THE POLICE. #BlackLivesMattter pic.twitter.com/coDNh5lcAC
— Black Boston (@blackboston2020) June 23, 2020
@AuroraPD I don’t care what you have done so far but the officers that were involved with Elijah McClain need to be fired IMMEDIATELY! What they did is UNACCEPTABLE! “Safer Aurora”? people fear for their life because of your corrupt methods! #ElijahMcClain pic.twitter.com/LFkLuJpn0o
— Katie (@KatieFauth0608) June 23, 2020
The last words of #ElijahMcClain before he died by the hands of police officers in 2019 for going to the corner store in a happy mood. sign this petition https://t.co/vxShDaToPJ pic.twitter.com/OgQGLLaoew
— The Blueprint (@_theamandamarie) June 23, 2020
I am not going to post the videos of Elijah McClain’s last words. It’s too heart wrenching.
If his murder as well as the murder of Breonna Taylor can’t convince you that there’s a problem then ♀️
Arrest the cops who murdered Elijah McClain and Breonna Taylor.#blacklivesmatter
— Meredith (@meralee727) June 23, 2020
How do police choke out a young man for #dancingwhileblack ?
How do the police kill/still his beautiful smile forever? #ElijahMcClain should be smiling now. #PoliceBrutality pic.twitter.com/uLdXl3eCR6
— . (@CornellWBrooks) June 23, 2020
Elijah’s last words are a testament to the kind of person he was. So loving, so kind. How can killing him even begin to be justified?
Elijah, we will never forget you, and we will continue to fight for you, and for all the other lives we’ve lost
— Black Boston (@blackboston2020) June 23, 2020
A reminder that just because #BLM is no longer trending and isn’t on the TL, does NOT mean that Black Lives have stopped matter or we are even close to our goal. We still need justice for Breonna Taylor and Elijah McClain, who were slaughtered.
These were Elijah’s last words: pic.twitter.com/iJIo21r2pk— Carmen (@sapphicnihilist) June 23, 2020
Three more officers killed an innocent black man. Still employed. Never arrested and are apparently harassing their victim’s family despite being transferred to a new department. They are killing us so fast, we can’t keep up. #JusticeForElijahMcClain #ElijahMcClain https://t.co/mYsGnIkbpw
— #BREONNATAYLOR #SAYHERNAME (@2speak_easy) June 23, 2020
Arrest Elijah McClain’s murderers right fucking now. Without ever meeting him I can just feel his positive energy and good heart from his pictures and even his last words were filled with kindness. The kid played violin for shelter cats. I want to cry every time I think about him
— Michael Ognar (@MichaelOgnar) June 23, 2020
Arrest Elijah McClain’s murderers right fucking now. Without ever meeting him I can just feel his positive energy and good heart from his pictures and even his last words were filled with kindness. The kid played violin for shelter cats. I want to cry every time I think about him
— Michael Ognar (@MichaelOgnar) June 23, 2020
Elijah McClain, my friend, my coworker. An angel taken way too soon. Murdered by Aurora, CO police for no reason. All because someone saw him with a mask on walking home from a store. He did nothing wrong, and after all investigations were done, there was proof and facts of his innocence, and police brutality. He never got justice. Like so many others. His murder never went national.
But he deserves to be remembered. It’s almost been a year since his family and friends lost him. Peace was never given. Justice was never served. This can not happen anymore. We have to change. We have to make it happen. Racism is alive and well, and it’s NOT okay.
You still hit my mind and heart all the time of what happened to you. And I pray that God is taking good care of you, I pray your relatives that have past are there to comfort you through this dark time. Know that we are here to fight for you and everyone losing their life to police brutality, to racism, to murder because of the color of your skin. You deserve better. And it starts with us! #endracism #endpolicebrutality #violenceisnottheanswer #blackskinisnotacrime #fightforjustice #blacklivesmatter
