The investigation continues and it will be thorough, guided by the facts, and work to build public trust in Colorado’s criminal justice system.”, RELATED: Death Of Elijah McClain: Aurora Attorneys File Denial Of Wrongdoing, By viewing our video content, you are accepting the terms of our. Back in Charleston County, the law firm representing the family of James Britt, Jr. says that he is greatly missed by his wife and son, calling his death “tragic and avoidable.”, “Jamie had his face pressed into the pavement, handcuffed behind his back, and in leg shackles when the paramedics injected him with a lethal amount of this dangerous tranquilizer drug,” the McLeod Law Group said in a statement to Live 5 Investigates. “I do think the protest demonstrates that the community is watching what happens in this case, and both the district attorney’s office and the city of Aurora can’t hope people will forget about the murder of Elijah McClain or move on,” she said. Trump supporters later moved on and marched through downtown Denver with law enforcement nearby. “Everything that could have been investigated under the old order stands, and now the investigation can be expanded. ©2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. “You’re making a very powerful decision to give them a very powerful drug for their safety, but also for yours. Ketamine was then used 26 times in 2017, 30 times in 2018, 28 times in 2019, and 46 times between January and September 2020. Those other offenses could include administrative or civil violations, Garnett speculated, although he emphasized that he doesn’t believe the governor should have appointed Weiser to the case at all. Elijah McClain died after an encounter with Aurora police in August of 2019. DENVER (CBS4) – Advocates for the Elijah McClain case in Aurora protested in downtown Denver on Saturday. Britt died about a week later. “This undercuts public confidence in prosecutorial decisions by suggesting that if you just pass it around to the right person, you’ll get the charges the public wants to have brought at a particular time,” he said. “If I felt I didn’t have an appropriate training environment, if I didn’t have an appropriate staff that was comfortable and that I could use to do continuing education as well as review with, then it’s probably not something I would recommend them using,” Borg said. This patterns and practice investigation, authorized by SB20-217, is in addition to a separate investigation the office is conducting into the death of Elijah McClain. In Pittsburgh, she helped the newspaper earn the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news after a mass shooting at a local synagogue, and in 2020 she was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in local reporting for an investigation into child sexual abuse among Amish and Mennonite communities. Conor Cahill, the governor’s press secretary, released a statement late Thursday night characterizing the executive order as a widening of Weiser’s investigation. Paramedics injected McClain with ketamine to subdue him. November 23, 2020 at 7:00 PM EST - Updated November 23 at 7:53 PM, Sheriff’s Office investigates shooting in Bluffton, More stores closed for holiday due to pandemic, Union Co. couple uses lottery winnings to help feed those in need on Thanksgiving. This is the Body Worn Camera footage from the August 24, 2019 contact with Charleston County declined a request for an interview regarding their use of ketamine, citing possible litigation. Partly cloudy. Berkeley County says their EMS department began using ketamine in 2017, administering the sedative four times that year, 60 times in 2018, 96 times in 2019, and 62 times between the beginning of 2020 and early October. Elijah McClain died last year after paramedics in his hometown of Aurora administered ketamine, a drug that is increasingly being used by EMS departments in the Lowcountry. For instance, EMS departments in Georgetown, Richland, and Williamsburg counties do not administer ketamine at all. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. Gov. Someone called police to report a suspicious person. The amended executive order is more broad than its predecessor, said Mari Newman, an attorney for McClain’s family. A piece of text accurately transcribes the last words of Elijah McClain in a video recording of his encounter with police officers before he died in August 2019. Low around 20F. Everything that could have been investigated under the old order stands, and now the investigation can be expanded. “It was a horrible thing that happened to Elijah McClain, and we need to look at a lot of different things to make sure it doesn’t happen again, but that doesn’t mean criminal charges should be brought… so let’s get a broader executive order issued to the attorney general that permits him to bring other offenses.”. Seventeenth Judicial District Attorney Dave Young last year declined to press criminal charges against those involved in McClain’s death, but in June, amid mounting political pressure and growing national attention on the case, Polis appointed Attorney General Phil Weiser as a special prosecutor. The long fight for justice for Elijah McClain. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Why have models of Colorado’s coronavirus trajectory been off? All rights reserved. ... Bodycam video shows him … A spokesman for the attorney general’s office declined to comment Thursday. He was wearing a ski mask, as he routinely did to stay warm despite his anemia, and was dancing to music as he walked. At the time, Polis’ executive order gave Weiser the authority to investigate and prosecute “any potential criminal activity… that caused the death of Elijah McClain.” Last week, Polis amended the order, giving Weiser the authority to investigate and prosecute “offenses arising from the Aug. 24, 2019, encounter with Elijah McClain and/or his subsequent death.”.