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"aurora police" Discussed on WLS-AM 890
"Free software update intended to protect their vehicle. Has details. The upgrade is available for late model elantra's sonatas and venues The company says it extends the amount of time that the alarm sounds and requires a key to be in the ignition for the engine to start. It comes after thieves began targeting Hyundai's, posting videos to social media explaining how to bypass the cars security systems. Sometimes with just a USB cable, the automaker says more cars will become eligible in June, Kia, Hyundai's sister company says it'll be announcing a similar program before the end of the month. Mike de bosky, ABC News. Aurora police have released the body cam footage after last week's police involved shooting with a man wielding multiple knives. Chief Keith cross with a message before the video was first played I along with our team at the aurora police department fully recognized this is a challenging situation for our community. There's our commitment at the royal police department to provide transparency to our actions. We also understand there will still be questions surrounding this incident. On Sunday, February 5th, aurora police said that they got a call about a person armed with multiple knives, threatening other people inside home in the 900 block of Colorado avenue. In the video, you see police arrived to find 21 year old Christopher cross at the front door with knives and hand. Listen dude, we're here to help, man. Later crosses heard threatening officers, video shows him charging at police later on with both knives and hand after non lethal weapons were deployed. Crosses family says he was shot multiple times, cross is facing two counts of attempted murder among other charges. 5 candidates in the race for mayor were on the west side this morning, making their case to the faith community, residency in the area saying that they've been traumatized by shootings, carjackings, and other violent crimes, candidates were asked how they plan to combat those issues. Here's Brandon Johnson. So many families in the city of Chicago, they get up every single morning, chasing down an economy that's behind them, while everything in front of them is crumbling. That
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"aurora police" Discussed on WLS-AM 890
"That we passed in the Senate, the bipartisan gun Bill, addresses many of the aspects of these mass shooters and some of that involves mental health counseling trauma counseling, we've got to reach out in an early age to turn these lives around. And former aurora police chief Kristin Simon on WLS is people need to change their mindset when it comes to this couldn't happen here. You can no longer have that mindset that this doesn't happen here. And so now we have to go into preparedness. And honestly, that's a sad place to live to have to constantly keep your head on a swivel. Family members and friends are mourning the losses of their loved ones, north shore synagogue, congregant, Jackie, Sondheim coordinated events and bar and bat mitzvahs at north shore congregation, Israel, where she was a lifelong member. She also taught preschool, the synagogue's website says her work, kindness, and warrant touched us all. 73 year old Nicholas Toledo was at the parade with his family, his granddaughter says he was so happy watching the festivities and the floats go by. And when the gunfire started, he was struck several times and died. Toledo who spent most of his life in Mexico had come to visit his family two months ago. Also, breaking now 46 ward alderman James cappellin won't seek reelection after three terms serving the uptown neighborhood and also today we're seeing a big drop in the markets due to recession fears at one point they were down 700 points. Just taking a quick look now, the Dow is down close to 600 points. We'll keep an eye on that one for you as we continue to watch for this press conference in highland park that is supposed to be announcing charges. We will bring it to you live when we get it. President Biden also bestowing the highest military honor today on four U.S. Army soldiers. He held a live press conference joined by a number of military personnel and that was quite something to watch. WS news time is
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"aurora police" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"The center for investigative reporting and PRX this is reveal I'm Ike's Kondo Raja in for Alec There's a pattern that's become familiar It's one where police officers do something wrong and then afterwards nothing really changes We heard that story in the last segment But in this next story we're going to take you to aurora Colorado where there was a different outcome If you know anything about the aurora police department it's probably because of Elijah mcclain Elijah mcclain was a 23 year old black man a musician and massage therapist He was a skinny guy and his friends described him as shy And in 2019 he was stopped by aurora police while he was walking home from a convenience store The officers wrestled him to the ground put him in a chokehold and held him down as he said I can't breathe Then Elijah was injected with a powerful sedative Ketamine On the way to the hospital he went into cardiac arrest Three days later Elijah died It wasn't the officers who gave him ketamine cops just can't use drugs to control people It was the paramedics for what they said were medical reasons Reporters Michael de Joanna and ray Solomon at kuan C public radio were covering the case and they wanted to know who else this was happening to and why What they found.
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"aurora police" Discussed on WGN Radio
"Station 32° at 12 o'clock Good morning I'm James Sears A shooting on the south side of moving a man on electronic monitoring and calling all gen xers your help is needed WGN traffic looking at the Eisenhower right now there's an accident on the entrance ramp on the Eisenhower inbound If you're coming on from Austin boulevard so watch out for that Otherwise our expressways are in good shape Or a police are announcing the death of officer Brian shields He died Tuesday from complications due to COVID-19 She'll spend more than 16 years as an officer with the department He was 51 years old funeral arrangements are pending Cook County sheriff's police were in the south shore neighborhood last night looking for a suspect who was in violation of the terms of his electronic monitoring program They found him and he saw them They'll be James Patrick O would picks up the story He stops here at the corner of 75th and Yates hops out of his car and begins shooting four rounds He fires were told Those officers returned fire the suspect is struck and then transported to the hospital last listed in critical condition The suspect who's not been identified was charged with 13 counts of aggregate criminal sexual assault and 7 counts of aggregate criminal sexual abuse dating back to December of last year sheriff's police say they recovered a gun at the scene An off duty Chicago police officer has been relieved of his powers after being accused of shooting three people yesterday at a bowling alley in south suburban blue island The officer has been on the job for less than a year still on probationary status bowling alley employees say the general manager was shot in the hand and other victims struck in the upper body the third was grazed in the head Copa is investigating Illinois reported more than 34,000 new COVID cases yesterday There were also a 144 additional deaths the most since January 7th of last year The statewide positivity rate is 12% Illinois has yet to reach the peak of the amaran surge and health officials they're not exactly sure when we will help director doctor ngozi ezike says hospital rates are higher than they've ever been and it's not even close We have never had this many COVID patients in the hospital at any point in the pandemic not in spring of 2020 not in the winter of 2020 This is the absolute highest number and not just by a couple Just 9% of intensive care beds are available statewide less than a tenth of 1% of vaccinated Illinois residents have been hospitalized with COVID The Chicago teachers union voted yesterday to accept the school reopening deal with about 55% of members approving the increased safety measures Some students went back to class yesterday for the first time in a week they say to a disorganized start a photo from lane tech appears to show students crowding into a large auditorium while students attacked high school reported similar conditions And a lot of teachers are sick and not in We don't have enough subs They had to sit like one seed apart from each other which I don't think is enough space CPS.
AP News Radio
6 teenagers injured in shooting near Colorado high school
"Hi Mike Rossi a reporting six teams are injured in a drive by shooting near Denver area high school authorities in Aurora Colorado are investigating a shooting Monday that saw six teenagers ages four to eighteen wounded at a park near Aurora Central High School my understanding is it was a drive by shooting as well as there may have been people on such cheap enough so Wilson of Aurora police department Monday shooting followed the fatal shooting of an eighteen year old Sunday night and a report of a shooting at a mall in Aurora on Friday where police found shell casings enough is enough and I think we need to come together as a community this is a public health crisis sound courtesy of KCNC hi
Here & Now
"aurora police" Discussed on Here & Now
"You are i'm tanya bosley. I'm scott tong. It's here and now two years ago in aurora colorado twenty-three-year-old blackman. Elijah mclean died in police. Custody after he was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative now a new state report finds that aurora police and fire rescue have routinely violated state and federal law. Here's colorado attorney. General phill wiser. These actions are unacceptable. They hurt the people. That law enforcement is entrusted to protect and they destroy community trust. Now we have allison sherry justice reporter with colorado public radio. Allison what did we learn in this report about who tends to get arrested. In aurora and what forces used yes so in a state investigators found that aurora. Police has engaged in racially biased policing and used inappropriate force against residents for the last five or so years. And i have some numbers here. I'll go through quick later. Found that use of force against people of color was used almost two point five times more than whites based on their relative percentage of the population and nearly half of the people whom they used force against where black even though black residents make up about fifteen percent of the population. The other thing that they this report found is that aurora police arrested people of color one point three times more than white space from the population. Well i mean. Those numbers are are striking. I look quickly at this report. Which is pretty comprehensive. It also goes into a paramedics. We know that in elijah mcclain's case paramedics injected him with ketamine sedative. The autopsy was inconclusive as far as he died. But but what does this report. Say about the illegal use of ketamine by first responders. Yeah yes because men. Because of mclean's death the agency is halted its ketamine use but investigators found that in the year before that paramedics administered ketamine twenty two times for this condition called excited delirium and in more than half of those incidents. Paramedics failed to follow ketamine monitoring protocols. Like watching someone's heart rate watching their breathing. After the gave him the sedative. Investigators also found and this happened with elijah mclean. They administered ketamine at times at doses. Way above the maximum allowed for that weight of the person. So wait is a big deal when you're administering ketamine and they weren't getting the proper way before giving them the dosage and and does this report go into the y. Here why this pattern and practice of illegal behavior Are there kind of cultural reasons in in police and fire rescue here. You cultural reasons. And i think that's a big part of it. It's hard to kind of get at wise in police agency but this report did talk a little bit about police training which i thought was interesting. How the the training academy for the aurora police department has recently made a ton of changes. But before that it was a little bit militaristic in style. The cadets were assigned quote unquote battle buddies. They were yelled at personally embarrassed for mistakes. They're not doing that anymore. But clearly a lot of people who came up and our current officers there went through this sort of training culture. And i also think they've had a lot of leadership changes. They have brand new police chief. A lot of the more experienced officers feel like there's been some mixed messages at the top right. That's awesome sherry justice supporter with colorado public radio. Thanks so much thank you. Alison recently. Talked with mcclain's mother. Chenine mclean about the ways. Her life has changed since she lost her son. Her report adds depth and context to these latest developments. So we'll hear that now and a warning. Some of the descriptions in this story are disturbing. When elijah mclean's death started becoming national news. Many people expected his mother. Shannon mclean to take a leading role in the protest movement against police violence. But she's clear that's not her path. I'm not that kind of person you know to get on the bullhorn and lead a bunch of people down the street trying to fight for rice that we shouldn't have to fight for still in the two years since her son's death she's become a force for change both in colorado and nationally. For me it comes down to the policies and the laws chenine mcclain's nightmare started the night of august. Twenty four th twenty nineteen when police aurora colorado stopped. Her son as he was walking home from a convenience store after buying is t- caller told police they saw suspicious man wearing a mask waving his arms up there. When mclean didn't immediately follow an officers commands. He was tackled to the ground. Put in to corroded holds that cut off blood flow to his brain crew with a war. Fire had to give mclean a sedative to calm him down and that on his way to the hospital he suffered a cardiac arrest bear medic. Say he regained his pulse and is now at the hospital. Shamin mclean was homeless and living in a hotel with lively siblings. She says police contacted her. That night on a messaging app and said they needed to come get her but refused to say why so. They came to the hotel that i was at and they put me in one police vehicle and they put my two children another police vehicle and there was a police liaison to the victim's advocate was there also and when we got to the hospital it was still took another hour or so for them to let me see elijah when she finally did get into his room. Shannon says elijah wasn't in good shape. He was hooked up to a ventilator and had bubble wrap around his torso his head was swollen and there were tubes in machines coming out of his nose and mouth. His eyes were open a little but not alert. he didn't like rap music at all. His brain was not registered with the rap music at all but once it got too violent and things that he was already into his. It was a steady a steady wave of his brain chemistry but after several days doctors declared mclean brain dead and took him off life support in the months following her son's death. Chenine mclean was achingly lonely. She held vigils near the spot where he died a patch of weeds by the highway which she decorated with little solar lights artificial flowers from the dollar store as a single mom doing everything i could to ensure that elijah had a future so that he would end up a statistic and then him being a statistic anyway felt like the world have rejected us. You know she hired a lawyer but says there was more talking and media attention and interviews than actual change. She hadn't talked to anyone at the aurora police department since the hospital. She didn't know where things stood at that moment. In two thousand nineteen. The broader public was not focused on police. Brutality or violence. Colorado was quiet. The politician colorado were quiet. That change in the summer of twenty twenty after george floyd's murder in minneapolis..
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"aurora police" Discussed on WGN Radio
"Let's speak with Aurora's police chief Kristen Ziman, stepping down after 30 years on the force there in Aurora. I heard that Friday is your last day Is that right? Chief? It is, but who's counting 30 years? I bet you are. I don't. I mean, it's going to got to be mixed emotions, though. So many it really is. I have all of the feels right now, literally all of them. I go through these moments of sadness and then great euphoria, But I think most importantly, I My biggest hardship is going to be trying to decide what to wear because I've been wearing a uniform for 30 years, so I've never had to think about it. I may have to get like a stylist or something. It's funny. You say that because you think about kids who go to Catholic schools and there Okay, Well, it's so easy. You just put on their uniform and you've been doing that for a long, long time. Um, you made a lot of you made a lot of news because you were the first lieutenant, your first commander and the first female chief there in Aurora. You knew early on. You wanted to go into law enforcement. I heard in your in Aurora native to I am. Yeah, I've wanted to be a police officer since cash. I was in junior high and and, quite frankly, it never occurred to me that I would ever reach any kind of rank in my department because when I came on in 1991 as a cadet, there were no females in rank. And so at that time, I just aspired to be a police officer. And, of course not that there's anything wrong with that. That's so noble, but it Just I didn't see any female sitting in positions, supervisory positions. So you know you don't know what you don't know. And you know, it just never occurred to me. So the fact that I'm sitting here is just absolutely remarkable. It is good to see diversity and people attracted to being a police officer who may not have necessarily considered it before. I think right now you're seeing an environment where people are not applying for those positions that police are seeing a lot of retirements. And they're not seeing folks. Actually, you know, they're not seeing a lot of folks who are applying for those jobs. Can you speak to that a little bit about what's what's happening. Well, sure, you know, and I think about this and I give illustrate this because it's It's so fascinating that when I started in 1991, it was right on the cusp of, um of the Rodney King incident, and so civil unrest took way across the nation. I end my career with the murder of George Floyd, where civil unrest happened across the nation. And so you know if you are to look at these major in Events. You know, it would almost appear as though no progress has been made in policing and I've seen the progress with my own eyes. But what it does tell us is, you know that that there is work to do within our profession. Having said that? I am so proud of our police department and I understand intellectually, you know when, when an incident happens. Somewhere else, that it causes a ripple effect in law enforcement. And when you tarnish one bad you tarnish them all. And so because of that people are leaving the profession. Maybe those who are on the cusp of I can't go yet. Oh, no, it's you know, maybe it's now Maybe now is the time you know, And then, of course, attracting people into the profession, And this is the lab and flow of law enforcement. And it just goes to show that one action of any law enforcement officer has that power. You know, to truly create the the environment, the climate, you know, in law enforcement, and so my hope is that people look at the millions of positive contacts and good outcomes that law enforcement officers have every day. And especially here. I'm speaking on behalf of my police department. Um, we are still attracting. I just sworn in nine new recruits the other days, So we still have those who are service oriented gravity gravitating towards this profession, and I'm so grateful for that because we need more. People who are going to get out there and earn earn the trust of our communities. Um, I I believe that's true. Why are you leaving? I am waiting because I knew I kind of I always begin with the end in mind. And so I knew that around 2020 or 2021, having put in 30 years as you know, a police cadet in 27 years sworn. My youngest is turned 21. My baby is 21, so I knew this was going to be the time. It's part of the reason why I applied. I applied for Chicago superintendent when I did because I knew this was going to be part of the exit. And so this was the goal that I wanted to achieve. I am a firm believer that police chiefs even though forget police sheets with anyone in a leadership position shouldn't tie up the position for too long. I'm a firm believer in bringing new energy in and we've accomplished a lot in the 5.5 years. And so I'm just looking kind of spread my wings and do something a little different. 30 years is a long time. I'm proud. I'm grateful. I'm Leaving with a full heart and on my own terms, and that's a wonderful feeling. Yeah, I'm sure I'm sure it is. I know you've been heavily recruited by a police organizations across the country. Big cities have Knocked on your door and said, Hey, you know, come on over here I are You interested in doing that going to another police department and heading it. So the best part is that actually, for the first time in my life, I have no plan. You know, as a planner, I So what I'm going to do is I'm going to be quiet for a minute. We've been through a lot over the past three years. At least in my city. We had a mass shooting. And when we were just starting to heal from that, you know, a pandemic showed up and we had to learn to police, you know, in the middle of uncertainty, and then when we started getting the hang of that and putting our police officers out there at risk and risking their families and figuring out you know how to police in that environment, then we had a civil unrest, and it's been one thing after another. So I'm going to take a minute and I'm going to be quiet. I am fortunate enough. I have a consulting business, so I'm going to be doing a lot. Of presentations, active shooter presentations, because, um, as long as I have a voice, I will go around talking about active shooters. And because I believe that it could be it could have been prevented in our city, and I know that it can be prevented. So I'm going. That's my passion Project and then no, I'm not discounting anything. I've got some really cool opportunities that I have to make a decision about, um, and in the fall, and so I'm just going to take some time and live my way into the answers. I think there's got to be some peace in that after everything you've seen. Everything you've been through. You mentioned the mass shooting. There are the Henry Pratt shooting that so many of us remember it. And you know, whatever. It just you think about the toll that takes on everybody within that community and also within the police department. It's it's It's something that stays with you forever. I'm sure I'll never forget that there's not a day goes by that. I don't think of the five victims that lost their lives that day. And, of course, my five police officers, you know, one disability it out. One lost an eye. Um, as a result of this to fortunately were able to come back. But they have since retired, and we have one who has made it back to full duty and is promoted But that goes to the entire police department. All of them that ran towards gunfire. I, You know, I got accolades for that, and those accolades are not mine. Those accolades go to those frontline officers who ran towards the gunfire. It was my privilege to stand at the podium and tell their stories so every all the honor belongs to them. Chief semen. You've given a lot of thought. I'm sure to policing and how it's evolving over time. And you've been there for 30 years, and we know that they'll be more evolution to come. You did focus on community based policing, mental health resources and support for.
Democracy Now! Audio
"aurora police" Discussed on Democracy Now! Audio
"I don't kill flies. He said And before that. If you could hear elisha saying i was just going home. I'm an introvert. I'm different. I was just going home. I'm different. That's all i was doing. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. why are you taking me. He said that's the police body camera footage of officers tackling and arresting elisha as he walked home august two thousand nineteen medical responders to arrive then injected elijah with a large amount of the powerful sedative. Ketamine enough just sedate a large two hundred pound man even though elijah was just five six under one hundred forty pounds. He suffered cardiac arrest on the way to. The hospital died several days later. This is colorado attorney general. Philip wiser speaking wednesday after announcing the charges against those involved in elisha death late last thursday. After careful and thoughtful deliberation the grand jury returned thirty to count indictment against aurora police. Officers randy row dima and nathan would former aurora police officer jason rosenblatt and aurora fire. Rescue paramedics jeremy cooper and peter chikuni for their alleged conduct on the night of august. Twenty four twenty nine that resulted in the death of mr mcclean. The charges come after the local district attorney decided earlier not to file criminal charges citing lack of evidence but protests and an online petition that gathered more than five million signatures the saw happening after In minneapolis What happened There with the murder of george floyd Those protests prompted the colorado governor. Jared police to reexamine the case. This is how elisha mcclain's mother chenine mcclain responded to news of the thirty to count criminal indictment. I'm thankful i'm grateful that They saw i saw that. He never should have been stopped. That he never should have been brutalized. He never should have been handcuffed. Never should have been given academy. I expect prison for my son's murders and their accomplices. Because that's exactly what. They did their accessories to a crime and I don't think it should be anything less than that. They need to be prosecuted to the extent of the law. We're joined in denver by colorado state representative leslie. Herod she spoke to elisha. Mcclain's mother played a key role in criminal justice reform since his tragic death including spearheading a bill to ban police. Use of ketamine. Leslie herod is also the first. Lgbtq plus african american to hold office in the colorado general assembly. Welcome to democracy. Now can you start off by responding to the indictments two years after elijah mclean was killed by police and paramedics morning. And thanks for having me. What i would say want is that i echo minutes sentiments. Being grateful that decent indictments have come down. I think that they are a true statement. That colorado believes police accountability and reform in that we will hold officers and first responders accountable when they harm someone in our communities but it was janin's voice and her work that led to colorado passing the largest and most impactful police accountability law in the country and really working on three bills. That allowed this data happen that called ketamine use of force by law enforcement that ensured that we could have special investigations when someone is at the hand of or the direction of law enforcement. We band chokehold and we ended qualified immunity and janine and her work with central to all of that. And what are the next steps for the attorney. General's office after this thirty to count. Indictment general will now take his fight to district court where he will have to plead the case. That alleged mclean was was murdered. A unjustly And that the officers and the first responders use their absorb in a way that was deadly and so he will have to prove. This case won't be easy until important. That people who are engaged now continued to be engaged. Continue to call for justice because this is just one step. We have not reached justice yet. Not for elijah. You know it's amazing. The progress of these indictments what this means after elisha mclean was killed by the police. I mean he's walking home sort of dancing wearing headphones. Listening to music violinist who played violin for cats and dogs at a local animal shelter as he said i'm different He said. I don't kill flies. I'm a vegetarian He kept apologizing. Saying i'm so sorry. He said i can't breathe. I can't breathe After this happened even local reporter said they did not pay attention to this. Until george floyd was killed that's when the mass protests happened. Can you talk about that leslie. Howard absolutely well. Colorado and denver specifically was that the center of the protests just like many other cities across the country. And i remember introducing a bill the first day we got back around police accountability and from. I'm sorry from the bid session and when we gave our first rally and talked about the police accountability bill. This small quiet woman stepped up from the crowd. I handed her the megaphone and she looked at me and look at the crowd and said. Why weren't you here for my thought. Why are you here for someone who died states away but when i called you four support people in colorado for support for my son no one showed up and it was interesting because the crowd turned to and the mc. Do you want to take the microphone back. And i said no. I want to have this conversation. I asked who who are side was when she said to mclean. I knew right that that her voice needed to be center in this conversation in that people needed to know who allies was and so from that moment on we worked lockstep to pass police accountability again on three bills over the course of a year and a half to make sure that what happened to her son never happen again but we also raised the profile around her case in a way that gained international attention and put pressure on the governor of colorado to act to tell the attorney general to act and we put provisions in our bill. That's specifically related to allies mcclain's case so that we could get things like the complete body camera cluj. So that we could prosecute the case all of these things were related to elijah and the other black and brown men women and gender non binary people in colorado that have been murdered by the police and finally the response by the colorado police to the protests. Once they actually happened after. George floyd was killed as you pointed out then. Talking about elisha mclean. One of the most moving scenes was the violin vigil. People playing violins and honor of elisha violinist and then beaten by police. How is this changed. The way the aurora police.
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"aurora police" Discussed on Democracy Now! Audio
"Vegetarian. I don't kill flies. He said And before that. If you could hear elisha saying i was just going home. I'm an introvert. I'm different. I was just going home. I'm different. That's all i was doing. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. why are you taking me. He said that's the police body camera footage of officers tackling and arresting elisha as he walked home august two thousand nineteen medical responders to arrive then injected elijah with a large amount of the powerful sedative. Ketamine enough just sedate a large two hundred pound man even though elijah was just five six under one hundred forty pounds. He suffered cardiac arrest on the way to. The hospital died several days later. This is colorado attorney general. Philip wiser speaking wednesday after announcing the charges against those involved in elisha death late last thursday. After careful and thoughtful deliberation the grand jury returned thirty to count indictment against aurora police. Officers randy row dima and nathan would former aurora police officer jason rosenblatt and aurora fire. Rescue paramedics jeremy cooper and peter chikuni for their alleged conduct on the night of august. Twenty four twenty nine that resulted in the death of mr mcclean. The charges come after the local district attorney decided earlier not to file criminal charges citing lack of evidence but protests and an online petition that gathered more than five million signatures the sole happening after In minneapolis What happened There with the murder of george floyd Those protests prompted the colorado governor. Jared police to reexamine the case. This is how elisha mcclain's mother chenine mcclain responded to news of the thirty to count criminal indictment. I'm thankful i'm grateful that They saw i saw that. He never should have been stopped. That he never should have been brutalized. He never should have been handcuffed. Never should have been given kademi. I expect prison for my son's murders and their accomplices. Because that's exactly what. They did their accessories to a crime and I don't think it should be anything less than that. They need to be prosecuted to the extent of the law. We're joined in denver by colorado state representative leslie. Herod she spoke to elisha. Mcclain's mother played a key role in criminal justice reform since his tragic death including spearheading a bill to ban police. Use of ketamine. Leslie herod is also the first. Lgbtq plus african american to hold office in the colorado general assembly. Welcome to democracy. Now can you start off by responding to the indictments two years after elijah mclean was killed by police and paramedics morning. And thanks for having me. What i would say want is that i echo minutes sentiments being grateful that indictments have come down. I think that they are a true statement. That colorado believes police accountability and reform in that we will hold officers and first responders accountable when they harm someone in our communities but it was janin's voice and her work that led to colorado passing the largest and most impactful police accountability law in the country and really working on three bills. That allowed this data happen that called ketamine use of force by law enforcement that ensured that we could have special investigations when someone is at the hand of or the direction of law enforcement. We band chokehold and we ended qualified immunity and janine and her work with central to all of that. And what are the next steps for the attorney. General's office after this thirty to count. Indictment general will now take his fight to district court where he will have to plead the case. That alleged mclean was was murdered. A unjustly And that the officers and the first responders use their absorb in a way that was deadly and so he will have to prove. This case won't be easy until important. That people who are engaged now continued to be engaged. Continue to call for justice because this is just one step. We have not reached justice yet. Not for elijah. You know it's amazing. The progress of these indictments what this means after elisha mclean was killed by the police. I mean he's walking home sort of dancing wearing headphones. Listening to music violinist who played violin for cats and dogs at a local animal shelter as he said i'm different He said. I don't kill flies. I'm a vegetarian He kept apologizing. Saying i'm so sorry. He said i can't breathe. I can't breathe After this happened even local reporter said they did not pay attention to this. Until george floyd was killed that's when the mass protests happened. Can you talk about that leslie. Howard absolutely well. Colorado and denver specifically was that the center of the protests just like many other cities across the country. And i remember introducing a bill the first day we got back around police accountability and from. I'm sorry from the bid session and when we gave our first rally and talked about the police accountability bill. This small quiet woman stepped up from the crowd. I handed her the megaphone and she looked at me and look at the crowd and said. Why weren't you here for my thought. Why are you here for someone who died states away but when i called you four support people in colorado for support for my son no one showed up and it was interesting because the crowd turned to and the mc. Do you want to take the microphone back. And i said no. I want to have this conversation. I asked who who are side was when she said to mclean. I knew right that that her voice needed to be center in this conversation in that people needed to know who allies was and so from that moment on we worked lockstep to pass police accountability again on three bills over the course of a year and a half to make sure that what happened to her son never happen again but we also raised the profile around her case in a way that gained international attention and put pressure on the governor of colorado to act to tell the attorney general to act and we put provisions in our bill. That's specifically related to allies mcclain's case so that we could get things like the complete body camera cluj. So that we could prosecute the case all of these things were related to elijah and the other black and brown men women and gender non binary people in colorado that have been murdered by the police and finally the response by the colorado police to the protests. Once they actually happened after. George floyd was killed as you pointed out then. Talking about elisha mclean. One of the most moving scenes was the violin vigil. People playing violins and honor of elisha violinist and then beaten by police. How is this changed. The way the aurora police.
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"Vegetarian. I don't kill flies. He said And before that. If you could hear elisha saying i was just going home. I'm an introvert. I'm different. I was just going home. I'm different. That's all i was doing. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. why are you taking me. He said that's the police body camera footage of officers tackling and arresting elisha as he walked home august two thousand nineteen medical responders to arrive then injected elijah with a large amount of the powerful sedative. Ketamine enough just sedate a large two hundred pound man even though elijah was just five six under one hundred forty pounds. He suffered cardiac arrest on the way to. The hospital died several days later. This is colorado attorney general. Philip wiser speaking wednesday after announcing the charges against those involved in elisha death late last thursday. After careful and thoughtful deliberation the grand jury returned thirty to count indictment against aurora police. Officers randy row dima and nathan would former aurora police officer jason rosenblatt and aurora fire. Rescue paramedics jeremy cooper and peter chikuni for their alleged conduct on the night of august. Twenty four twenty nine that resulted in the death of mr mcclean. The charges come after the local district attorney decided earlier not to file criminal charges citing lack of evidence but protests and an online petition that gathered more than five million signatures the saw happening after In minneapolis What happened There with the murder of george floyd Those protests prompted the colorado governor. Jared police to reexamine the case. This is how elisha mcclain's mother chenine mcclain responded to news of the thirty to count criminal indictment. I'm thankful i'm grateful that They saw i saw that. He never should have been stopped. That he never should have been brutalized. He never should have been handcuffed. Never should have been given kademi. I expect prison for my son's murders and their accomplices. Because that's exactly what. They did their accessories to a crime and I don't think it should be anything less than that. They need to be prosecuted to the extent of the law. We're joined in denver by colorado state representative leslie. Herod she spoke to elisha. Mcclain's mother played a key role in criminal justice reform since his tragic death including spearheading a bill to ban police. Use of ketamine. Leslie herod is also the first. Lgbtq plus african american to hold office in the colorado general assembly. Welcome to democracy. Now can you start off by responding to the indictments two years after elijah mclean was killed by police and paramedics morning. And thanks for having me. What i would say want is that i echo minutes sentiments. Being grateful that decent indictments have come down. I think that they are a true statement. That colorado believes police accountability and reform in that we will hold officers and first responders accountable when they harm someone in our communities but it was janin's voice and her work that led to colorado passing the largest and most impactful police accountability law in the country and really working on three bills. That allowed this data happen that called ketamine use of force by law enforcement that ensured that we could have special investigations when someone is at the hand of or the direction of law enforcement. We band chokehold and we ended qualified immunity and janine and her work with central to all of that. And what are the next steps for the attorney. General's office after this thirty to count. Indictment general will now take his fight to district court where he will have to plead the case. That alleged mclean was was murdered. A unjustly And that the officers and the first responders use their absorb in a way that was deadly and so he will have to prove. This case won't be easy until important. That people who are engaged now continued to be engaged. Continue to call for justice because this is just one step. We have not reached justice yet. Not for elijah. You know it's amazing. The progress of these indictments what this means after elisha mclean was killed by the police. I mean he's walking home sort of dancing wearing headphones listening to music. A violinist who played violin for cats and dogs at a local animal shelter as he said. I'm different He said i don't kill flies. I'm a vegetarian He kept apologizing. Saying i'm so sorry. He said i can't breathe. I can't breathe After this happened even local reporter said they did not pay attention to this. Until george floyd was killed that's when the mass protests happened. Can you talk about that leslie. Howard absolutely well. Colorado and denver specifically was that the center of the protests just like many other cities across the country. And i remember introducing a bill the first day we got back around police accountability and from. I'm sorry from bid session and when we gave our first rally and talked about the police accountability bill. This small quiet woman stepped up from the crowd. I handed her the megaphone and she looked at me and look at the crowd and said. Why weren't you here for my thought. Why are you here for someone who died states away but when i called you four support people in colorado for support for my son no one showed up and it was interesting because the crowd turned to and the mc. Do you want to take the microphone back. And i said no. I want to have this conversation. I asked who who are side was when she said to mclean i- new right that that her voice needed to be center in this conversation in that people needed to know who allies was and so from that moment on we worked lockstep to pass lease accountability again on three bills over the course of a year and a half to make sure that what happened to her son never happen again but we also raised the profile around her case in a way that gained international attention and put pressure on the governor of colorado to act to tell the attorney general to act and we put provisions in our bill. That's specifically related to allies mcclain's case so that we could get things like the complete body camera cluj so that we could prosecute the case. All of these things were related to elijah. And the other black and brown men women and gender non binary people in colorado that have been murdered by the police and finally the response by the colorado police to the protests. Once they actually happened after. George floyd was killed as you pointed out then. Talking about elisha mclean. One of the most moving scenes was the violin vigil. People playing violins and honor of elisha violinist and then beaten by police. How is this changed. The way the aurora police.
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"Vegetarian. I don't kill flies. He said And before that. If you could hear elisha saying i was just going home. I'm an introvert. I'm different. I was just going home. I'm different. That's all i was doing. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. why are you taking me. He said that's the police body camera footage of officers tackling and arresting elisha as he walked home august two thousand nineteen medical responders to arrive then injected elijah with a large amount of the powerful sedative. Ketamine enough just sedate a large two hundred pound man even though elijah was just five six under one hundred forty pounds. He suffered cardiac arrest on the way to. The hospital died several days later. This is colorado attorney general. Philip wiser speaking wednesday after announcing the charges against those involved in elisha death late last thursday. After careful and thoughtful deliberation the grand jury returned thirty to count indictment against aurora police. Officers randy row dima and nathan would former aurora police officer jason rosenblatt and aurora fire. Rescue paramedics jeremy cooper and peter chikuni for their alleged conduct on the night of august. Twenty four twenty nine that resulted in the death of mr mcclean. The charges come after the local district attorney decided earlier not to file criminal charges citing lack of evidence but protests and an online petition that gathered more than five million signatures the saw happening after In minneapolis What happened There with the murder of george floyd Those protests prompted the colorado governor. Jared police to reexamine the case. This is how elisha mcclain's mother chenine mcclain responded to news of the thirty to count criminal indictment. I'm thankful i'm grateful that They saw i saw that. He never should have been stopped. That he never should have been brutalized. He never should have been handcuffed. Never should have been given kademi. I expect prison for my son's murders and their accomplices. Because that's exactly what. They did their accessories to a crime and I don't think it should be anything less than that. They need to be prosecuted to the extent of the law. We're joined in denver by colorado state representative leslie. Herod she spoke to elisha. Mcclain's mother played a key role in criminal justice reform since his tragic death including spearheading a bill to ban police. Use of ketamine. Leslie herod is also the first. Lgbtq plus african american to hold office in the colorado general assembly. Welcome to democracy. Now can you start off by responding to the indictments two years after elijah mclean was killed by police and paramedics morning. And thanks for having me. What i would say want is that i echo minutes sentiments. Being grateful that decent indictments have come down. I think that they are a true statement. That colorado believes police accountability and reform in that we will hold officers and first responders accountable when they harm someone in our communities but it was janin's voice and her work that led to colorado passing the largest and most impactful police accountability law in the country and really working on three bills. That allowed this data happen that called ketamine use of force by law enforcement that ensured that we could have special investigations when someone is at the hand of or the direction of law enforcement. We band chokehold and we ended qualified immunity and janine and her work with central to all of that. And what are the next steps for the attorney. General's office after this thirty to count. Indictment general will now take his fight to district court where he will have to plead the case. That alleged mclean was was murdered. A unjustly And that the officers and the first responders use their absorb in a way that was deadly and so he will have to prove. This case won't be easy until important. That people who are engaged now continued to be engaged. Continue to call for justice because this is just one step. We have not reached justice yet. Not for elijah. You know it's amazing. The progress of these indictments what this means after elisha mclean was killed by the police. I mean he's walking home sort of dancing wearing headphones listening to music. A violinist who played violin for cats and dogs at a local animal shelter as he said. I'm different He said i don't kill flies. I'm a vegetarian He kept apologizing. Saying i'm so sorry. He said i can't breathe. I can't breathe After this happened even local reporter said they did not pay attention to this. Until george floyd was killed that's when the mass protests happened. Can you talk about that leslie. Howard absolutely well. Colorado and denver specifically was that the center of the protests just like many other cities across the country. And i remember introducing a bill the first day we got back around police accountability and from. I'm sorry from the bid session and when we gave our first rally and talked about the police accountability bill. This small quiet woman stepped up from the crowd. I handed her the megaphone and she looked at me and look at the crowd and said. Why weren't you here for my thought. Why are you here for someone who died states away but when i called you four support people in colorado for support for my son no one showed up and it was interesting because the crowd turned to and the mc. Do you want to take the microphone back. And i said no. I want to have this conversation. I asked who who are side was when she said to mclean. I knew right that that her voice needed to be center in this conversation in that people needed to know who allies was and so from that moment on we worked lockstep to pass police accountability again on three bills over the course of a year and a half to make sure that what happened to her son never happen again but we also raised the profile around her case in a way that gained international attention and put pressure on the governor of colorado to act to tell the attorney general to act and we put provisions in our bill. That's specifically related to allies mcclain's case so that we could get things like the complete body camera cluj. So that we could prosecute the case all of these things were related to elijah and the other black and brown men women and gender non binary people in colorado that have been murdered by the police and finally the response by the colorado police to the protests. Once they actually happened after. George floyd was killed as you pointed out then. Talking about elisha mclean. One of the most moving scenes was the violin vigil. People playing violins and honor of elisha violinist and then beaten by police. How is this changed. The way the aurora police.
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"I'm a vegetarian. I don't kill flies. He said And before that. If you could hear elisha saying i was just going home. I'm an introvert. I'm different. I was just going home. I'm different. That's all i was doing. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. why are you taking me. He said that's the police body camera footage of officers tackling and arresting elisha as he walked home august two thousand nineteen medical responders to arrive then injected elijah with a large amount of the powerful sedative. Ketamine enough just sedate a large two hundred pound man even though elijah was just five six under one hundred forty pounds. He suffered cardiac arrest on the way to. The hospital died several days later. This is colorado attorney general. Philip wiser speaking wednesday after announcing the charges against those involved in elisha death late last thursday. After careful and thoughtful deliberation the grand jury returned thirty to count indictment against aurora police. Officers randy row dima and nathan would former aurora police officer jason rosenblatt and aurora fire. Rescue paramedics jeremy cooper and peter chikuni for their alleged conduct on the night of august. Twenty four twenty nine that resulted in the death of mr mcclean. The charges come after the local district attorney decided earlier not to file criminal charges citing lack of evidence but protests and an online petition that gathered more than five million signatures the saw happening after In minneapolis What happened There with the murder of george floyd Those protests prompted the colorado governor. Jared police to reexamine the case. This is how elisha mcclain's mother chenine mcclain responded to news of the thirty to count criminal indictment. I'm thankful i'm grateful that They saw i saw that. He never should have been stopped. That he never should have been brutalized. He never should have been handcuffed. Should have been given academy. I expect prison for my son's murders and their accomplices. Because that's exactly what. They did their accessories to a crime and I don't think it should be anything less than that. They need to be prosecuted to the extent of the law. We're joined in denver by colorado state representative leslie. Herod she spoke to elisha. Mcclain's mother played a key role in criminal justice reform since his tragic death including spearheading a bill to ban police. Use of ketamine. Leslie herod is also the first. Lgbtq plus african american to hold office in the colorado general assembly. Welcome to democracy. Now can you start off by responding to the indictments two years after elijah mclean was killed by police and paramedics morning. And thanks for having me. What i would say want is that i echo minutes sentiments. Being grateful that decent indictments have come down. I think that they are a true statement. That colorado believes police accountability and reform in that we will hold officers and first responders accountable when they harm someone in our communities but it was janin's voice and her work that led to colorado passing the largest and most impactful police accountability law in the country and really working on three bills. That allowed this data happen that called ketamine use of force by law enforcement that ensured that we could have special investigations when someone is at the hand of or the direction of law enforcement. We band chokehold and we ended qualified immunity and janine and her work with central to all of that. And what are the next steps for the attorney. General's office after this thirty to count. Indictment general will now take his fight to district court where he will have to plead the case. That alleged mclean was was murdered. A unjustly And that the officers and the first responders use their absorb in a way that was deadly and so he will have to prove. This case won't be easy important. That people who are engaged now continued to be engaged. Continue to call for justice because this is just one step. We have not reached justice yet. Not for elijah. You know it's amazing. The progress of these indictments what this means after elisha mclean was killed by the police. I mean he's walking home sort of dancing wearing headphones listening to music. A violinist who played violin for cats and dogs at a local animal shelter as he said. I'm different He said i don't kill flies. I'm a vegetarian He kept apologizing. Saying i'm so sorry. He said i can't breathe. I can't breathe After this happened even local reporter said they did not pay attention to this. Until george floyd was killed that's when the mass protests happened. Can you talk about that leslie. Howard absolutely well. Colorado and denver specifically was that the center of the protests just like many other cities across the country. And i remember introducing a bill the first day we got back around police accountability and from. I'm sorry from the bid session and when we gave our first rally and talked about the police accountability bill. This small quiet woman stepped up from the crowd. I handed her the megaphone and she looked at me and look at the crowd and said. Why weren't you here for my thought. Why are you here for someone who died states away but when i called you four support people in colorado for support for my son no one showed up and it was interesting because the crowd turned to and the mc. Do you want to take the microphone back. And i said no. I want to have this conversation. I asked who who are side was when she said to mclean. I knew right that that her voice needed to be center in this conversation in that people needed to know who allies was and so from that moment on we worked lockstep to pass police accountability again on three bills over the course of a year and a half to make sure that what happened to her son never happen again but we also raised the profile around her case in a way that gained international attention and put pressure on the governor of colorado to act to tell the attorney general to act and we put provisions in our bill. That's specifically related to allies mcclain's case so that we could get things like the complete body camera cluj. So that we could prosecute the case all of these things were related to elijah and the other black and brown men women and gender non binary people in colorado that have been murdered by the police and finally the response by the colorado police to the protests. Once they actually happened after. George floyd was killed as you pointed out then. Talking about elisha mclean. One of the most moving scenes was the violin vigil. People playing violins and honor of elisha violinist and then beaten by police. How is this changed. The way the aurora police.
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"Eat flies me. I'm a vegetarian. I don't kill flies. He said And before that. If you could hear elisha saying i was just going home. I'm an introvert. I'm different. I was just going home. I'm different. That's all i was doing. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. why are you taking me. He said that's the police body camera footage of officers tackling and arresting elisha as he walked home august two thousand nineteen medical responders to arrive then injected elijah with a large amount of the powerful sedative. Ketamine enough just sedate a large two hundred pound man even though elijah was just five six under one hundred forty pounds. He suffered cardiac arrest on the way to. The hospital died several days later. This is colorado attorney general. Philip wiser speaking wednesday after announcing the charges against those involved in elisha death late last thursday. After careful and thoughtful deliberation the grand jury returned thirty to count indictment against aurora police. Officers randy row dima and nathan would former aurora police officer jason rosenblatt and aurora fire. Rescue paramedics jeremy cooper and peter chikuni for their alleged conduct on the night of august. Twenty four twenty nine that resulted in the death of mr mcclean. The charges come after the local district attorney decided earlier not to file criminal charges citing lack of evidence but protests and an online petition that gathered more than five million signatures the saw happening after In minneapolis What happened There with the murder of george floyd Those protests prompted the colorado governor. Jared police to reexamine the case. This is how elisha mcclain's mother chenine mcclain responded to news of the thirty to count criminal indictment. I'm thankful i'm grateful that They saw i saw that. He never should have been stopped. That he never should have been brutalized. He never should have been handcuffed. Never should have been given kademi. I expect prison for my son's murders and their accomplices. Because that's exactly what. They did their accessories to a crime and I don't think it should be anything less than that. They need to be prosecuted to the extent of the law. We're joined in denver by colorado state representative leslie. Herod she spoke to elisha. Mcclain's mother played a key role in criminal justice reform since his tragic death including spearheading a bill to ban police. Use of ketamine. Leslie herod is also the first. Lgbtq plus african american to hold office in the colorado general assembly. Welcome to democracy. Now can you start off by responding to the indictments two years after elijah mclean was killed by police and paramedics morning. And thanks for having me. What i would say want is that i echo minutes sentiments. Being grateful that decent indictments have come down. I think that they are a true statement. That colorado believes police accountability and reform in that we will hold officers and first responders accountable when they harm someone in our communities but it was janin's voice and her work that led to colorado passing the largest and most impactful police accountability law in the country and really working on three bills. That allowed this data happen that called ketamine use of force by law enforcement that ensured that we could have special investigations when someone is at the hand of or the direction of law enforcement. We band chokehold and we ended qualified immunity and janine and her work with central to all of that. And what are the next steps for the attorney. General's office after this thirty to count. Indictment general will now take his fight to district court where he will have to plead the case. That alleged mclean was was murdered. A unjustly And that the officers and the first responders use their absorb in a way that was deadly and so he will have to prove. This case won't be easy until important. That people who are engaged now continued to be engaged. Continue to call for justice because this is just one step. We have not reached justice yet. Not for elijah. You know it's amazing. The progress of these indictments what this means after elisha mclean was killed by the police. He's walking home sort of dancing wearing headphones listening to music. A violinist who played violin for cats and dogs at a local animal shelter as he said. I'm different He said i don't kill flies. I'm a vegetarian He kept apologizing. Saying i'm so sorry. He said i can't breathe. I can't breathe after this happened. Even local reporter said they did not pay attention to this. Until george floyd was killed. That's when the mass protests happened. Can you talk about that leslie. Howard absolutely well. Colorado and denver specifically was that the center of the protests just like many other cities across the country. And i remember introducing a bill the first day we got back around police accountability and from. I'm sorry from the bid session and when we gave our first rally and talked about the police accountability bill. This small quiet woman stepped up from the crowd. I handed her the megaphone and she looked at me and look at the crowd and said. Why weren't you here for my thought. Why are you here for someone who died states away but when i called you four support people in colorado for support for my son no one showed up and it was interesting because the crowd turned to and the mc. Do you want to take the microphone back. And i said no. I want to have this conversation. I asked who who are side was when she said to mclean. I knew right that that her voice needed to be center in this conversation in that people needed to know who allies was and so from that moment on we worked lockstep to pass police accountability again on three bills over the course of a year and a half to make sure that what happened to her son never happen again but we also raised the profile around her case in a way that gained international attention and put pressure on the governor of colorado to act to tell the attorney general to act and we put provisions in our bill. That's specifically related to allies mcclain's case so that we could get things like the complete body camera cluj. So that we could prosecute the case all of these things were related to elijah and the other black and brown men women and gender non binary people in colorado that have been murdered by the police and finally the response by the colorado police to the protests. Once they actually happened after. George floyd was killed as you pointed out then. Talking about elisha mclean. One of the most moving scenes was the violin vigil. People playing violins and honor of elisha violinist and then beaten by police. How is this changed. The way the aurora police.
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"I don't eat flies. I don't eat me. i'm a vegetarian. I don't kill flies. He said And before that. If you could hear elisha saying i was just going home. I'm an introvert. I'm different. I was just going home. I'm different. That's all i was doing. I'm so sorry. I have no gun. I don't do that stuff. I don't do any fighting. why are you taking me. He said that's the police body camera footage of officers tackling and arresting elisha as he walked home august two thousand nineteen medical responders to arrive then injected elijah with a large amount of the powerful sedative. Ketamine enough just sedate a large two hundred pound man even though elijah was just five six under one hundred forty pounds. He suffered cardiac arrest on the way to. The hospital died several days later. This is colorado attorney general. Philip wiser speaking wednesday after announcing the charges against those involved in elisha death late last thursday. After careful and thoughtful deliberation the grand jury returned thirty to count indictment against aurora police. Officers randy row dima and nathan would former aurora police officer jason rosenblatt and aurora fire. Rescue paramedics jeremy cooper and peter chikuni for their alleged conduct on the night of august. Twenty four twenty nine that resulted in the death of mr mcclean. The charges come after the local district attorney decided earlier not to file criminal charges citing lack of evidence but protests and an online petition that gathered more than five million signatures the saw happening after In minneapolis What happened There with the murder of george floyd Those protests prompted the colorado governor. Jared police to reexamine the case. This is how elisha mcclain's mother chenine mcclain responded to news of the thirty to count criminal indictment. I'm thankful i'm grateful that They saw i saw that. He never should have been stopped. That he never should have been brutalized. He never should have been handcuffed. Never should have been given academy. I expect prison for my son's murders and their accomplices. Because that's exactly what. They did their accessories to a crime and I don't think it should be anything less than that. They need to be prosecuted to the extent of the law. We're joined in denver by colorado state representative leslie. Herod she spoke to elisha. Mcclain's mother played a key role in criminal justice reform since his tragic death including spearheading a bill to ban police. Use of ketamine. Leslie herod is also the first. Lgbtq plus african american to hold office in the colorado general assembly. Welcome to democracy. Now can you start off by responding to the indictments two years after elijah mclean was killed by police and paramedics morning. And thanks for having me. What i would say want is that i echo minutes sentiments. Being grateful that decent indictments have come down. I think that they are a true statement. That colorado believes police accountability and reform in that we will hold officers and first responders accountable when they harm someone in our communities but it was janin's voice and her work that led to colorado passing the largest and most impactful police accountability law in the country and really working on three bills. That allowed this data happen that called ketamine use of force by law enforcement that ensured that we could have special investigations when someone is at the hand of or the direction of law enforcement. We band chokehold and we ended qualified immunity and janine and her work with central to all of that. And what are the next steps for the attorney. General's office after this thirty to count. Indictment general will now take his fight to district court where he will have to plead the case. That alleged mclean was was murdered. A unjustly And that the officers and the first responders use their absorb in a way that was deadly and so he will have to prove. This case won't be easy important. That people who are engaged now continued to be engaged. Continue to call for justice because this is just one step. We have not reached justice yet. Not for elijah. You know it's amazing. The progress of these indictments what this means after elisha mclean was killed by the police. I mean he's walking home sort of dancing wearing headphones. Listening to music violinist who played violin for cats and dogs at a local animal shelter as he said i'm different He said. I don't kill flies. I'm a vegetarian He kept apologizing. Saying i'm so sorry. He said i can't breathe. I can't breathe After this happened even local reporter said they did not pay attention to this. Until george floyd was killed that's when the mass protests happened. Can you talk about that leslie. Howard absolutely well. Colorado and denver specifically was that the center of the protests just like many other cities across the country. And i remember introducing a bill the first day we got back around police accountability and from. I'm sorry from the bid session and when we gave our first rally and talked about the police accountability bill. This small quiet woman stepped up from the crowd. I handed her the megaphone and she looked at me and look at the crowd and said. Why weren't you here for my thought. Why are you here for someone who died states away but when i called you four support people in colorado for support for my son no one showed up and it was interesting because the crowd turned to and the mc. Do you want to take the microphone back. And i said no. I want to have this conversation. I asked who who are side was when she said to mclean. I knew right that that her voice needed to be center in this conversation in that people needed to know who allies was and so from that moment on we worked lockstep to pass police accountability again on three bills over the course of a year and a half to make sure that what happened to her son never happen again but we also raised the profile around her case in a way that gained international attention and put pressure on the governor of colorado to act to tell the attorney general to act and we put provisions in our bill. That's specifically related to allies mcclain's case so that we could get things like the complete body camera. Cluj we could prosecute the case. All of these things were related to elijah. And the other black and brown men women and gender non binary people in colorado that have been murdered by the police and finally the response by the colorado police to the protests. Once they actually happened. After george floyd was killed as you pointed out. Then talking about elisha mclean. One of the most moving scenes was the violin vigil. People playing violins and honor of elisha violinist and then beaten by police. How is this changed. The way the aurora police.
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
Officers and Medics Indicted in Elijah McClain's 2019 Death
"Back in two thousand nineteen hundred twenty three year old. Elijah mclean died after a violent encounter with police today two years after his death a colorado grand jury has finally indicted three police officers and two paramedics our report tonight from nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez similar unit. We're fighting tonight. Police officers and paramedics in aurora colorado are facing criminal charges after stopping. Twenty-three-year-old elisha mclean while. He walked home from a convenience store here today because allies is not here and he should police had gotten a call about a suspicious man wearing a mask introverts. They restrained him with corroded hull than paramedics injected him with a powerful senate. Kademi is now a thirty to count indictment two officers former officer and two paramedics each face account of manslaughter. In criminally-negligent homicide four of the five also face assault charges mcleans family described him as a kind introvert who played violin to comfort cats at an animal shelter. They say he often wore masks to keep warm because of a blood condition a loud and resounding statement that nobody is above the law right after his death august. Twenty one thousand nine prosecutors did not charge anyone protesters but the case drew renewed attention last year following the murder of george floyd. Some of mclean's last words. I'm just different became a rallying. Cry calling that response. A hysterical overreaction. Today the aurora police union said our officers did nothing wrong. Sadly mr mcclean do a combination of exertion due to his decision to violently resist arrest and a pre existing heart condition but mclean's father wept as he heard the news disneyland. Bit people will be held accountable with the and i know my saying be smiley. Legal experts. Say that while it's unusual for police officers to face charges in this type of case. It's extremely rare for paramedics to do so.
AP News Radio
Officers, medics indicted in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
"Three police officers near Denver into paramedics have been indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the death of a black man Allisha McLean two years ago a nine one one call was received in Aurora Colorado that McLean looks suspicious all I'm going to change Klein told officers he was just different and didn't have a gun McLean was put in a chokehold injected with powerful sedative Attorney General Phil Weiser says macleans memory will live on as a blessing after his death Colorado continues to lead on law enforcement accountability claims mother Shaneen says her son believed humanity matters that are still working are going to lose their job there's a possibility of all this and the Aurora police association says there was no evidence the officers caused McLain's death I'm a Donahue
WJR 760
"aurora police" Discussed on WJR 760
"Paul W. Smith Show on W. J. R. Well, uh, it's not new. It's kind of become a regular thing. I have never seen as many Michigan officeholders politicians showing up on national and international news as we have in the fast I know in the past year or so. Certainly Governor Gretchen Whitmer was everywhere on CNN and other networks. Along the way. The attorney general Dana Nessel, has been all over the place and the secretary of state Jocelyn Benson, to name but three We add to that now our former Detroit to police chief Chief James Craig, who once again last night was starring On Tucker Carlson on Fox News, Lloyd Jackson. Is keeping an eye on the chief as our WJR senior news analyst has to stay on his toes to do that, Lloyd. Good morning. Good morning, Paul W N as you, said former Detroit police chief James Craig, who ended his 44 year career in law enforcement. June 1st made a comment last night during an appearance on Tucker Carlson tonight that would lead one to believe that he's running for governor, Michigan and for those of you who didn't hear it. Here's what Craig had to say, Tucker. I know we're short on time. I got one thing I got to get out. Before I end. This hope we can do this again next week, because guess what? I have an important announcement from Michigan's future right here. And I promise you I'm gonna do it on your show. If Man. I love.
Big Al and JoJo
‘Elijah McClain should still be here today’; Aurora Fire Rescue, Aurora police respond to independent review
"Are reacting to the independent review of the death of 23 year old Elijah McLean at the hands of police in 2019. Outside. Investigators say Aurora police did not have a legal basis to stop. Alija McClain did not have the legal authority to frisk him or use a choke hold on him and that paramedics did not properly evaluate him before giving him a powerful sedative. Today. Police chief Vanessa Wilson reacted to the report. The bottom line is Elijah MacLean should still be here today, a state grand jury and the U. S. Justice Department are investigating the case as well. Laura
Democracy Now! Audio
Police, EMTs criticized in death of Elijah McClain
"In colorado and independent investigation into the police killing of twenty three year. Old elijah mclean has found aurora. Police officers did not have the legal basis to stop mclean or apprehend assaults him. The report published monday says mcclain's encounter with the police was violent and relentless struggle and that the limited video and audio available from the incident quote. Reveal mr mclean surrounded by officers all larger than he crying out in pain apologizing explaining himself and pleading with the officers unquote mclean was stopped by three police officers on aug twenty fourth two thousand nineteen as he was walking home from picking up a nice tea for his brother at the local convenience store. He was tackled by. Police placed a chokehold and was then injected with ketamine by paramedics. He died on august thirtieth after days on life support.
KOA 850 AM
"aurora police" Discussed on KOA 850 AM
"31 talked with two men whose families living a mile apart. Both had their homes hit in the same volley of bullets Sunday morning. There's one in that wall in the front. There's one in the good or on this one here. The winds voice of Rodrigo's Give us his wife and their six year old daughter was sleeping when somebody drove by and opened fire on their home. The bullets ricocheting through the room. They were in this leads them three or 4. Ft. From your bed. So when you see that you feel really scared. One bullet struck Dave more for its home almost a mile away lodging in his bathroom. Everything was caught on his back yard security camera. You here, Uh, Smith when the ground hit the house in while Vivas does not believe he nor his neighbors were specifically targeted, the fear lingers, hope and pray it doesn't happen again or get any closer next time. Aurora Police are investigating the shooting. So far, no arrests have been made progress being made in the battle against Cove in 19 in Colorado, new cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all trending down. That's happening even before the numbers are impacted by vaccinations. There's a 78% compliance with covert 19 protocols such as wearing masks and social distancing Governor Pulis's. Those protocols are working. We keep this up for a couple more months. We can minimize loss get back to normal sooner rather than later and give the vaccine a chance, like without risking overcrowding are hospitals. Police says he thinks we could see the end of the pandemic by early summer, provided we get more vaccines and Coloradans stay vigilant about protecting themselves and others. Denver is getting $22 million in federal rental assistance. 90% of that will be used to help cover rant back rent utilities and home energy costs. 10% supports administrative costs and how housing stability services. Our next update at 1 30. I'm Joel Hill and Kay Away. NewsRadio, a 50 A M and 94 1 f f from Bedford Sports Traffic Center. Whether it's gonna impact you drive on the metro area freeways you can find the road's gonna be snow covered weapon, slick it with icy sponsor and lots of places and bridges and overpasses. For the most part speeds are slower than normal. But if you give yourself extra time, there's no issues. There's no overnight roadwork that you're gonna worry about. There's no delays on I 25 from the moment I 70 is looking good. So you get up into the high country. Then you've got traction laws that you're gonna have to deal with. Box 31 pinpoint whether you can expect it to be a partly sunny today high of 42. Tonight's low eight Tomorrow Expect 253 and lower around 21. Then on Friday, it's going to be about 60. Currently. It's 16 I'm Gary Elbow and Kaylee News Radio live everywhere on the I Heart radio app. Breaking news out of Denver this morning gets your attention breaking news breaking news brief single time breaking news breaking news. Listen up this breaking news. Something has happened breaking news and know it's happening even faster. Let's break this down. I can issue executive orders through his agenda..
KOA 850 AM
"aurora police" Discussed on KOA 850 AM
"Of the Capitol the day before last week's that's Mm hmm. More than 30 House Democrats signing a letter to Capitol security officials requesting an immediate investigation into the suspicious behavior and access given to visitors to the Capitol complex. The lawmakers say they witnessed an extremely high number of outside groups the day before the riot, which is onion well, given that public tours of the Capitol ended in March 2020 because of the pandemic that ABC is faith of booby reporting. President Trump is urging his supporters to be peaceful. It rallies in the coming days in a video he released after the impeachment of president said people can exercise their first Amendment rights. But they can't let things get out of hand. But I cannot emphasize that there must be no violence. No law breaking and no vandalism of any kind. He denounced the violence at last week's U. S. Capitol protest that left several people dead. He said true supporters of his would never resort to violence. We're talking about that on Facebook and Twitter this morning. The Denver police chief has some advice for downtown area business owners ahead of some protests planned in the coming days. Away News Radio's Chuck Clark is live. What is that? That advice well, April at a town hall zoom conference last night, police chief Paul pays and said, based on what he's hearing from federal authorities at this time, we're not rest specifically recommending boarding up businesses or shops. And that's because intelligence doesn't suggest businesses will be targeted in the coming days. Downtown Denver partnership said it's aware of they refused to be silenced March Sunday afternoon in a counter event Wednesday afternoon to celebrate the inauguration. Of course, some businesses don't have to take added measures because they border The point. It was during the protesters summer and they're still up. Chuck Clark K Away News Radio Air Force wanted the U. S Space Command to make Colorado Springs It's permanent home Now. Huntsville, Alabama has been selected, and Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers wants to congressional invest investigation into it. He thinks President Trump overruled the military to make a political decision. What, in fact, in detail were it was the air Force recommendations? And what role did President Trump making this decision? New report suggests the president selected Alabama because he was pleased that six lawmakers from that state voted against certifying the electoral college vote for president. The Aurora Police Department is investigating two separate attempted child abductions. They occurred near the mission Video neighborhood. The first incident reported on January 5th after police say a man in a ski mask tried to grab a 10 year old girl who was playing alone outside. Then on the 12th police say, a bald man with a dark beard tried to grab a 12 year old boy again alone at the park..
Broncos Country Tonight
Colorado grand jury will investigate death of Elijah McClain
"To move forward in the transition. And Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser says he's decided to open a grand jury investigation into the death of 23 year old Elijah McLean. The move gives the attorney general the ability to compel testimony and require production of documents and other relevant information. The claim died from cardiac arrest. After being stopped by Aurora police in August 2019. He was on his way home from a convenience store. He was reportedly restrained with a choke hold and paramedics sedated him with a large dose
KOA 850 AM
"aurora police" Discussed on KOA 850 AM
"A statement from the Pro Football Hall of Fame calls little an uncommon man whose contributions off the field were even greater than his amazing accomplishments on it. Little was the sixth overall pick by the Broncos in the 1967 draft. Floyd. Little was 78 years old. Ah, battle may be brewing on Capitol Hill over a congressman's right to carry a gun. Colorado Congresswoman elect Lauren Gilbert sent a letter signed by dozens of her colleagues asking House leadership to continue a rule that allows Congressman to carry I am my own security. And if I'm not able to carry my firearm on Capitol Hill, then I'm not able to protect myself to and from work each day when I'm walking from my home about 20 Democrats want the decades old rule changed. Aurora Police had their hands full after reported Carjacking of a silver truck near Colfax in Dallas. Officers were able to locate the truck a short time later in the 9400 block of East Hampton at the Wal Mart parking lot after the carjacker hit vehicles in the parking lot while driving. Officers conducted a pit maneuver to stop the vehicle. One person fled on foot and was taste taken into custody. That suspect was armed with a gun to other occupants of the stolen truck were also taken into custody. The two victims are okay, the investigation continues and the buffaloes lose to U C l A 65 62 dropped to seven and two on the season. Next update at 12 30. I'm Daniel Shell on care when used radio 8:50 A.m. and 94 1. FM from the Bedford Sports Traffic Center. Delightful looking drive across the Metro on this rather chilly, chilly night. I 25 is that posted speed, sir, from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. Except, of course for the Gap project around last for my seventies, wonderful and wide open from the mountains to the plains except for construction between Colorado and 2 to 5 and talking of 2 to 5..
John Williams
West Lawn shooting: Person killed on Kilbourn, Chicago
"Busy New Year's Eve for police. One man was killed, another wounded in a shooting Thursday night and West suburban Aurora. Police say the shooting happened at about 9 P.m. on the Farnsworth Avenue Bridge between Dearborn Avenue and Mountain Avenue. Two men suffered gunshot wounds. They were transported to a local hospital and rode to the 1300 lack of Dearborn Avenue before coming to a stop. Officers found them in a large group. Apparently both glamour transported to the hospital. One man pronounced dead at the hospital. No. One in custody in that case. And a police say a man was fatally shot Thursday night and West Line on the Southwest side and the skaters say at about 7 P.m.. The man was on the sidewalk and the 60 100 block of South Kilbourn when he was shot in the head and chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene area. One detectives are
Mandy Connell
Police in Colorado release video of woman restrained with her head on floor of police car crying for help
"Aurora Police officer could learn whether or not he will be reinstated This week. week. Levi Levi Huh, Huh, Fine, Fine, restrained restrained a a black black woman woman and and Pinter Pinter on on the the floorboard floorboard of of his his patrol patrol car car while while she she screamed screamed for for help. help. She She was was screaming screaming Officer, Officer, Please Please let let me me out. out. Don't Don't cooperate, cooperate, I I promise. promise. Please let me out. Please let me go over In a moment. It was the please lend me a fine placed his body Cameron, the window of the car, which also showed another person cursing out the former officer at times during a ride that lasted about 20 minutes. Least chief Vanessa Wilson fired how fine in August 2019 calling the incident beyond human decency finds Attorney says the former officer is a scapegoat for larger issues within the Aurora Police Department. The Aurora Civil Service Commission will be meeting for a scheduled meeting tomorrow
At Home with Gary Sullivan
Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
"Colorado Health Department has announced plans to review the state's ketamine waiver program. Working with medical experts to study the use of the sedative in the field. The use of ketamine faced increased scrutiny after the death of Elijah McLane, who was confronted by Aurora police injected with ketamine by paramedics and later died. Here's Fox 30 one's Rachel Scada. Paramedics can only administer academy in under a state waiver, and according to state guidelines, it should only be used on patients so combative someone's safety is at risk or to calm, extremely agitated patients who experience a condition. Called excited delirium. The reviews expected to last at least, 12 weeks.
AP News Radio
Colorado attorney general announces broader probe of police
"Hi Mike Rossi a reporting the Colorado Attorney General launches a civil rights investigation of a police department that's being sued there were two developments Tuesday related to the death last August of twenty three year old Elijah McLain after he was detained by police in Aurora Colorado the claims parents filed a federal civil rights lawsuit saying in part they want to send a message that racism and brutality have no place in American law enforcement separately Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a civil rights investigation of the Aurora police department has been under way for several weeks that probe is separate from an investigation into the claims death that was ordered by Colorado governor Jared published last June hi my cross yep
WBZ Midday News
Aurora police chief pledges changes in officer training after Black family’s terrifying encounter
"Chief in Aurora, Colorado, promises change The officer training after a black families terrifying encounter with police on Sunday, the officers mistook the family's car for stolen eyewitness video shows. The mother and four Children face down in a parking lot surrounded by police. It's an incident rattling the aurora community and horrifying Police chief Vanessa will say it never should have been put in that situation and had never been. It should have been treated that way. On Sunday, officers force Britney Gilliam and her family out of their car at gunpoint, four Children screaming and crying for Gilliam orderto life face down on the hot concrete. Two of them placed in handcuffs. You have the app, But do
This Morning with Gordon Deal
Aurora Police Officer Fired for Failing Alcohol Test at Work
"For 02 on Aurora Police officer has been fired for an incident last year in which he was impaired by alcohol at work. It's not the officer found passed out in his cruiser in March of last year. Instead, a supervisor smelled alcohol on J. V. Harper last October, a department statement says a Breathalyzer test result. Red 0.59%. The department says Harper violated three policies conduct unbecoming, unsatisfactory performance and alcohol impairment. He'd been with Aurora police for about 18 years. In making the decision to fire Harper knew. Aurora Police chief Vanessa Wilson says she's pledged toehold officers accountable
News and Perspective with Tom Hutyler
Man dies after being shot inside lobby of Seattle motel
"Near 82nd and Aurora. Police say the shooting started inside the ever spring in. But there are shell casings outside to this motel was the scene of a deadly shooting at the end of May when a woman was killed and man was critically hurt outside the ever spring in almost all my money, no reports, the shooter involved in today's killing has not been caught. Nearly 800 new cases of covert 19 reported
Guy Benson
3 Aurora Police Officers Fired Over Elijah McClain Photo
"Aurora, Colorado police officers for mocking last year's death of a black man in police custody. 23 year old Elijah McClain was killed last summer after police used a choke hold on him. He'd been walking home from a convenience store. Three officers later posed for pictures near a memorial from acclaim, smiling, imitating a choke hold. Now. Interim Aurora Police chief Vanessa Wilson says two of the three officers are being fired. The third resigned. Another officer who laughed when he got the picture and was one of McClane's arresting officers has been fired as well. Claims. Mother's attorney Martin Newman says this is like the Jim Crow South, where White's the promises thought that it was amusing to take pictures of themselves next to the bodies of lynch human beings. She says she anticipates filing a civil rights lawsuit boxes.
WBZ Afternoon News
Officers investigated over photos at Elijah McClain memorial
"Water. They're accused of taking disrespectful pictures at the memorial for Elijah McLean, the black man who died in police custody last August. In a statement Monday, Aurora's interim police chief said the department has investigated a report that multiple police officers were depicted in photographs near the site where Maclaine died. Sources tell CBS News those officers were imitating the chokehold. McLane was placed in just days before his death and that the photos were shared with other Aurora police officers. The police Department says it will release evidence of its investigation into the inappropriate photos, including pictures, and the officers identities very soon. Laura Podesta, CBS news judge says the former Atlanta police officer
WBZ Afternoon News
Colorado Police Officers Under Investigation Over Photos At Elijah McClain Memorial
"Officers in a world of Colorado or in hot water, accused of taking disrespectful pictures of the memorial for Elijah McClane? He's the black matter, died in police custody. Last year. In a statement Monday, Aurora's interim police chief said the department has investigated a report that multiple police officers were depicted in photographs near the site where Maclaine died. Sources tell CBS News those officers were imitating the chokehold. McLane was placed in just days before his death and that the photos were shared with other Aurora police officers. The police Department says it will release evidence of its investigation into the inappropriate photos, including pictures, and the officers identities very soon. Laura Podesta, CBS news
Seattle's Morning News with Dave Ross
Elijah McClain's mother says officers "murdered" my son
"Longer protesters and demonstrators and activists continue fighting for black lives. The more stories of police killings of black people seem to be coming to light and pressure is now mounting for a new investigation. Into the death of Elijah McCain. It happened after an encounter with three officers last August in Aurora, Colorado. Go to the family. The 23 year old was out buying ice tea when somebody called 911 claiming that MacLean was wearing a ski mask and quote acting weird. His family says, Yeah, he was wearing a mask, but it was to deal with social anxiety. Within 15 minutes, He was put in a chokehold and then injected with a powerful sedative. CBS's David Begnaud has the story. Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop. I have the right stuff because you're being suspicious. Rely on I'm going whole relax, or I'm going to have to change this situation. The district attorney investigating the case says that Elijah McClane dismissed the officers requests for him to stop. The 23 year olds family says he was just walking home. He was listening to music. When Aurora, Colorado police approached him last August, the D A. Says McLane was carrying a plastic bag when police tried to pat him down and he refused. He's then heard pleading with the police as they tackle him and use a choke hold on him. Paramedics later arrived at the scene. A medic gave McClane ketamine to sedate him. McLane was taken to the hospital. Three days later, he was pronounced brain dead. 10 months after McLane's death, more than two million people have signed a petition calling on Colorado officials to fire the three officers involved. So far, the Aurora Police Department has declined. CBS News is request for comment. Dave Young is the one who decided not to charge the officers were the actions of the officers justified legally. Yes, Mr Young. Do you believe there was a moment in this where the officers could have de escalated a situation? Absolutely. 100%. They could've done a 1,000,000 things different didn't need to die on and the fact that he died does not warrant the basis for criminal charges in the body camera video cops or heard saying that MacLean tried to take one of their guns. He went for his gun. Mari Newman represents McClain's family. Don't you think if you really had grab someone's gun, we would see fingerprints ended the lifted from the gun. Did you find any evidence that corroborates the officer who said he reached for the gun? I had no evidence to cut. Predict that Shin in McLean is Elijah's mother. They? They're bullies with badges. He wanted to help people. He was a massage therapist. He not only heal others that he killed himself. He was able to accept love give love various forms. According to the district attorney's report, the medical examiner was unable to determine a cause of death. It is important to note that walking around with a ski mask is not illegal, and when you go back to the 9 11 call, the caller didn't say that Elijah did anything illegal. He said. Hey, there's a guy wearing a mask. He kind of is waving his hand. Seems a little strange. You might want to check it out. He says He might be a good guy might be a bad guy. When the police responded instead of observing. Instead of watching hanging back for a bit, the police moved in immediately to stop him. And everything went self from there.
Capt. Hunter's Podcast
Monthly Recap March 2020 - Coronavirus, Anything Else?
"It's time for the end of the month. Wrap up and this is going to be a fairly short episode Because there's not much else to talk about besides being locked on our homes just speaking of the blog post. I wanted to talk about another blog. Post that I that I follow for quite some time. Now let's improving police by David C Cooper if you've listened to past episodes you know. I've interviewed chief David Cooper and He's very kind and gracious enough to come in the PODCAST. He has Featured another Chief of police current chief of Police Aurora Police Department in Illinois. And that chief is chief. Kristen Zemun I hope. I'm saying that name Right Z. I. M. A. N. Zemun Kristen Zemun or Zimin. Kristen Zemun she wrote a post called. What is this pandemic trying to teach us? So I think it's very important that we understand You know what what we're supposed to be learning if anything right during these days and Times. All locked in our homes Essentially right. We're not really locked inside. There's no martial law. There's no order saying we can't go outside Please check out my past episodes where chief Vern Rick and also Dr Canea Turner in which we went over the pandemic and in in to be looking for and how the police are gonNA responding all kinds of stuff like that so when we went over that kind of stuff. Here's another opinion post By chief Christian Zemun and she's talking about what this pandemic is trying to teach us and we should be trying to learn something we should be trying to come out of this a little bit smarter a little bit better and I think that all of our lives we should always be trying to improve upon ourselves and she reflects upon his time. You know you know. And it's really devastating time. We consider all this going on right the NBA season has been canceled. There's no march madness a no championships. colleges are shut down a more than likely no problems school or closed down all these different things and And it's really been very devastating to people who have become accustomed to all the ways in which we live right favor restaurants. A close can't go to bowling alleys. I WANNA say. I heard a story about a about a barbershop. In Hartford with a police had to go in there and make him stop cutting hair and I think even arrests were made There was a situation of Florida in which Was still holding services so this this whole thing has really taken us by surprise in by storm essentially but we gotta get used to it and I got to be very upfront and honest. I thought that a lot of this was just drastic overreaction but as I'm watching the news and seeing the death tolls rise in seeing the you know the the models of what could happen. If we don't try to do something about it than I gotTa Say. Even my mind. was changed nevertheless We gotta try to learn something. And that's what chief. Kristen Zemun is trying to get US. To understand and era post. Essentially I'M GONNA read it. But she essentially talks about Does being patients and and how we choose to respond to to any type of situation on this right. I think I've done a another episode of in our daily Encouragement sessions weekly encouragement sessions. In which we try to understand that you know life is. Life is ten percent of what happens to us and the other ninety percent of our respond to it. And so that's essentially chief. Kristen Zemun is saying. It's our response that matters now and how we're responding and so that's the most important things are response I WanNa just Kinda put chief. Kristen Zemun out their last name. Z. M. A. N. Z. I. M. A. N. Zemun First name is Christian with a K. K. R. I S. T. E. N. Kristen Zemun and she has a blog. And you can go to her blog and read up on catch up on what she's got going on over there once again. She is a chief of police in Aurora Illinois. So another thing that I wanted to talk about what we're learning from this is Yes we we're learning patience and we're learning That we have to choose how we respond to this and I think that now is the time to really try to reconnect with our families reconnect with our friends Try to put down as we're sitting around in the house no place really to go Maybe turn off the TV's may be turned off The Video Games turn off our tablets and cellphones and really try to do some reconnection especially since a lot of people are working from home. if you're you know if you have the ability to work from home because a lot of people are just outta work applying for all these different Out of work benefits and so it's really really can become very frustrating to people and people really can't fill some type away because you know the bills are still going to be do their some companies and corporations that are going to be Putting off payments or allowing payments to come in at a later date and time but those payments are still going to be do and yes. There's a stimulus package coming with. Thousand or hundred dollars is supposed to be coming. But what is that really going to do in the in the grand scheme of things? I think that they really want to bail. People out you know can't license of some debts cancellation. The student loans You know I think that that would really help you. Know maybe no taxes for a little while I think that that is the biggest thing. Twelve hundred dollars that'll pay rent And then that'll be it so I don't. I'm not very impressed by that particular number. Maybe five thousand or ten thousand. Maybe that'll be a little bit better. I know that's unrealistic. But but you know twelve hundred dollars is really not is really nothing is really drop in a bucket another thing. I think that we can learn. Should learn from this. Is that when when our government really want something or at least when they see a what's in it for them you know type of thing right. What's in it for them? Now They I. They understand that they stimulate the economy if they keep going than than the taxes will continue to come in. And that's really just. The bottom line is really about taxes and revenue in the financial a stability of the country. And make sure the finances are continuing to flow towards the top. And that's what's really important to them. But if we talk about feeding the homeless or mental health care or food stamps or a shelter for the homeless or Medicare for all or free college or anything like that then all of a sudden. We don't have the money for that. Oh we can't do that. We can't find who's GONNA pay for that right that's always a mantra but but in this time of pandemic than okay we'll give everybody twelve hundred dollars a mere dry like. I said before a measly drop in the bucket and then we'll go on with business as usual So I think that we. We really have to learn what our government is doing in. That's why we had to really understand that our votes have meaning and they have consequences. Elections have consequences. And this is what we're voting for a Lotta Times. And even we olding our noses voting. This is still what we're getting so I think that that's it's really problematic Really disappointing but you know. This is the light that we had to live and We really have to understand how to play the game a lot of times. If you listen to my episode with Stephanie Lawrence She said we had to understand how to play the game. And that's a lot of times we just don't understand how to play the game. It's disappointing. I also think that we learned a lot about us as a country first of all as a country. If we understand that you know when schools closed grammar high schools A lot of kids they realize are not going to be able to eat and so Which is which is a very sad state of affairs right. We understand the Black Panthers. Were were really the originators of breakfasts programs and and all that kind of stuff and I and I believe that here now in Connecticut they are either have passed looking to pass a bill that would stop the shaming of people of kids. Who Don't have lunch money First of all I think that All school lunch programs ought to be free. If we can feed our prisoners who are we have incarcerated and if we can feed our troops who sent away and military excursions and in operations then we should feed our students who are our future. I don't understand why we make them pay for lunch or breakfast at all. But nevertheless and so we understand that many people who are financially strapped their children will be home and now these children will not be able to eat the same nutritious meals that they would get in schools and so a lot of people have opened up their hearts and minds in their wallets in restaurant doors in allow children to go in there and to be able to consume in an eat which I think is great for them. I think it's sad for us as a country but I think that the government really has an obligation to make sure that it is citizens are fed. I really believe that and I think that And I think that it's great that these civilians in store owners and restaurant owners are really opening up their doors. But I think that we ought to look in the C- look in the mirror and ask ourselves. What are we really doing? How are we living? When our children don't have enough to eat? And of course this has led to the parents their their inability to get a decent paying job and all that kind of stuff so we can have a great discussion about that The financial resources that are coming in and different people who are working two and three jobs in order to make ends meet and still not able to provide the children with nutritious meals You know so. That's that's a whole nother conversation. We can have another time so I think that we should take a look at Sophos of the country. See what's going on but also give ourselves a little bit of congratulations in that. Some people are stepping up and doing what they can do. In order to make sure that these kids are eating