Colorado reexamines Elijah McClain's death in police custody

[SummerMadness]

Colorado reexamines Elijah McClain's death in police custody

The Colorado governor on Thursday ordered prosecutors to reopen the investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man put into a chokehold by police who stopped him on the street in suburban Denver last year because he was "being suspicious."

 

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Another Nightmare Video and the Police on the Defensive in Tucson

It was another gruesome video of policing in America — a naked Latino man, his face covered by a mesh spit guard, his hands cuffed behind him as he lay dying face down on the ground at his grandmother’s house. He pleaded for water more than a dozen times, saying he could not breathe as police officers restrained his legs and torso.

This time, the scene was a southern Arizona city with a politically moderate image, a large Latino population and a Police Department said to be relatively progressive.

 

[FireDragon76]

Spit hoods are designed to help protect officers and they don't cause breathing problems. The US is not the only country they are used in, British police also use them as well.

A spit hood had nothing to with Mr. Lopez's death. Unfortunately, mechanical asphyxiation due to a prone position with weight on ones back, is sufficient alone to cause death. I suspect this is a little known medical fact for many police and civilians.

 

[disciple Clint]

Colorado reexamines Elijah McClain's death in police custody

we have a thread on this incident

 

[disciple Clint]

Another Nightmare Video and the Police on the Defensive in Tucson

from the article: An autopsy report by the Pima County medical examiner’s office found that Mr. Lopez died of sudden cardiac arrest, with physical restraint by officers and cocaine intoxication as contributing factors. In an unusual move, the medical examiner’s office ruled that the manner of death was undetermined, leaving open the question of whether Mr. Lopez died of natural causes or whether his death was a homicide.