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Elijah McClain’s Name Is Now A Rallying Cry For Reform

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Racial Injustice Elijah McClain
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In this view through a fisheye lens, demonstrators carry placards during a rally and march over the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain, Saturday, June 27, 2020, outside the police department in Aurora, Colo. McClain died in late August 2019 after he was stopped while walking to his apartment by three Aurora Police Department officers.

Investigations of alleged misconduct by Aurora police continue a year after the death of Elijah McClain.