Colorado's governor Thursday ordered a special investigation into the death of a young black man put in a police chokehold, as a celebrity-backed online
put in a police chokehold, as a celebrity-backed online petition calling for justice in the case passed three million signatures.
Police had responded to a call about a"suspicious" black male"acting weird" in the street and wearing a ski mask, the district attorney's report said. One officer said McClain, who was unarmed, had reached for another officer's gun. 's attorney-general to probe the case, vowing on Twitter that"if the facts support prosecution," the state will"criminally prosecute any individuals whose actions caused the death of Elijah McClain.
Dave Young, the prosecutor who found no criminal wrongdoing, said in a statement Thursday that he"may share the vast public opinion that Elijah McClain's death could have been avoided," but it could not be proved the officers' actions had caused McClain's death. A police body camera video released Wednesday showed Carlos Ingram Lopez, 27, saying"I can't breathe" and pleading for water as he was arrested at his grandmother's house in Tucson in April.
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