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    Parents Of Elijah McClain Sue City Of Aurora, Colo., And Police Over His Death

    The federal civil rights lawsuit alleges the parties are responsible for McClain's death last year after police put the 23-year-old in two chokeholds and injected him with ketamine.
    by Laurel Wamsley Aug 11, 2020 2 minutes
    Elijah McClain's mother, Sheneen McClain (right), gets a hug from <strong></strong>Colorado state Rep. Leslie Herod in June as they stand with protesters outside the Aurora, Colo., police headquarters. On Tuesday, Sheneen McClain and Lawayne Mosley filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in their son's death.

    The parents of Elijah McClain, a Black man who died last year after police twice put him in a chokehold and paramedics sedated him, have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.

    The lawsuit names as defendants the city of Aurora, Colo., as well as numerous Aurora police officers,

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