Firstly i see no reference in the bodycam videos to race. I also see no brutal beating of the man but the officer using his weight to keep the suspect pinned to the ground.Can we now finally admit there’s a problem of police brutality against African-Americans?
There were many allegations of improper behaviour by the police from media people involved. These should be looked into (perhaps they already have) but if we are going to have an informed opinion we need to hear the description of what happened by the people to whom the media are making allegations against.Why do you think these officers haven’t yet been convicted?
Cops not being held accountable till there’s a national outcry sounds on-brand so far.Why do you think these officers haven’t yet been convicted
I kind of figured I’d get the you-can’t-prove-it’s-racist response. I said that there’s a problem with police violence against African-Americans. That’s well-documented. Whether or not you wish to attribute it to racism is your prerogative. Given this data, however, I think it’s a reasonable hypothesis. Racism occurs passive-aggressively, so of course no one will overtly own it - on or off camera.Firstly i see no reference in the bodycam videos to race.
We actually have the body cam footage. That’s the most objective presentation of the story you’re going to find. Body cams can’t lie . . . which is a pity for the officer who, while killing Elijah McClain, said to his cohort, “Move your camera, dude.”Until that happens we have the media side of the story only.
Watch the body cam footage, available on the link, and tell me what “the other side” is.But in the name of justice, the other side has to be presented.
Last August, police officers in Aurora, Colorado, approached 23-year-old Elijah McClain as he walked home from a convenience store. The Aurora Police Department later said that a 911 caller had reported a “suspicious person” in a ski mask, and that when officers confronted McClain — who was not armed and had not committed any kind of crime — he “resisted arrest.” In the 15 minutes that followed, the officers tackled McClain to the ground, put him in a carotid hold, and called first responders, who injected him with ketamine. He had a heart attack on the way to the hospital, and died days later, after he was declared brain dead.
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Body Cam: the ADP did not release it to the public until late November, months after McClain’s death. In the footage, an officer can be heard admitting McClain had done nothing illegal prior to his arrest; another accuses McClain of reaching for one of their guns. McClain, meanwhile, can be heard asking the officers to stop, explaining that they started to arrest him as he was “stopping [his] music to listen.” He gasps that he cannot breathe. He tells them his name, says he has ID but no gun, and pleads that his house is “right there.” He sobs, and vomits, and apologizes: “I wasn’t trying to do that,” he says. “I just can’t breathe correctly.” One of the officers can also be heard threatening to set his dog on McClain if he “keepmessing around,” and claiming he exhibited an extreme show of strength when officers tried to pin back his arms.
Very little of the officers’ protocol can be seen, however, because all of their body cams allegedly fell off during the arrest. But if you watch the video from about the 15-minute mark (warning: the footage contains violent and upsetting content), you’ll see someone pick up the body camera and point it toward McClain and one of the officers, before dropping it back into the grass. Around 15:34, one of the officers seems to say, “Leave your camera there.”
The DA is probably correct considering current law that protects police from inept execution. Perhaps we need consequences that are consequential but less severe than murder beyond a reasonable doubt.District Attorney Dave Young informed Aurora police chief Nick Metz in a letter that, “Based on the investigation presented and the applicable Colorado law, there is no reasonable likelihood of success of proving any state crimes beyond a reasonable doubt at trial. Therefore, no state criminal charges will be filed as a result of this incident.”
I think it’s a great supporting case of the need for reform but I don’t understand what you mean about ‘surfacing’. The DA was likely correct that he couldn’t prove a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.Why do you think it took so long for this case to surface? Why do you think these officers haven’t yet been convicted?
The other side is obviously the side of the officers and the medics who are accused of giving the suspect too much chemicals to subdue him. It is also the side of the authorities who investigated them.Watch the body cam footage, available on the link, and tell me what “the other side” is.
From a legal standpoint, if this man died from being given too much ketamine by the paramedic, then the paramedic is the one who needs to face charges of homicide or criminal negligence.Why do you think these officers haven’t yet been convicted?
In many places, yes. It’s supposed to stop the person from struggling and thrashing, which can injure himself or someone else.What I don’t get about this story is the whole ketamine thing. Is that S.O.P. for paramedics to inject ketamine into subjects to subdue them?