Colorado grand jury probe opened in Elijah McClain's fatal police encounter

Colorado grand jury probe opened in Elijah McClain's fatal police encounter
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Colorado's attorney general on Friday convened a grand jury probe into the death of Elijah McClain, a young unarmed black man placed in a chokehold and injected with the powerful sedative ketamine while under arrest.

McClain, 23, was walking on a street alone in the Denver suburb of Aurora in August 2019 when he was stopped by three police officers based on a report that he was "being suspicious," triggering the fatal encounter.

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