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Photos from March for Elijah McClain
Title (Dublin Core)
Photos from March for Elijah McClain
Description (Dublin Core)
"I can’t breathe. I have my ID right here. My name is Elijah McClain. That’s my house. I was just going home. I’m an introvert. I’m just different. That’s all. I’m so sorry. I have no gun. I don’t do that stuff. I don’t do any fighting. Why are you attacking me? I don’t even kill flies! I don’t eat meat! But I don’t judge people, I don’t judge people who do eat meat. Forgive me. All I was trying to do was become better. I will do it. I will do anything. Sacrifice my identity, I’ll do it. You all are phenomenal. You are beautiful and I love you. Try to forgive me. I’m a mood Gemini. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Ow, that really hurt. You are all very strong. Teamwork makes the dream work. Oh, I’m sorry I wasn’t trying to do that. I just can’t breathe correctly."
These are the last words of Elijah McClain captured by a body cam of an Aurora Police officer before he died of a cardiac arrest. The police were responding to a 911 call saying he “looked sketchy” while wearing a ski mask and waving his arms. Elijah was a 23-year-old massage therapist who broke no law, didn't have a weapon, and posed no threat. While trying to handcuff him, an officer laid on top of him and put him in a carotid hold, which restricts blood to the brain to render someone unconscious. After 15 minutes medical responders arrived and paramedics injected him with ketamine, which body camera footage shows it made his body go limp.
Elijah McClain should be alive today.
Photos from March for Elijah McClain, July 18th
These are the last words of Elijah McClain captured by a body cam of an Aurora Police officer before he died of a cardiac arrest. The police were responding to a 911 call saying he “looked sketchy” while wearing a ski mask and waving his arms. Elijah was a 23-year-old massage therapist who broke no law, didn't have a weapon, and posed no threat. While trying to handcuff him, an officer laid on top of him and put him in a carotid hold, which restricts blood to the brain to render someone unconscious. After 15 minutes medical responders arrived and paramedics injected him with ketamine, which body camera footage shows it made his body go limp.
Elijah McClain should be alive today.
Photos from March for Elijah McClain, July 18th
Date (Dublin Core)
July 26, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Drew Arrieta @itsdrw
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Dana Bell
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
Instagram
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Instagram
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Conflict
English
Emotion
English
Protest
English
Race & Ethnicity
English
Social Issues
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Elijah McClain
police
introvert
social justice
march
protest
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Elijah McClain
innocent
police
police brutality
violence
murder
I can't breathe
say his name
Social Justice
BLM
Black Lives Matter
Colorado
Aurora
march
protest
Aurora police
Collection (Dublin Core)
Black Voices
Social Justice
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
03/17/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
04/07/2021
08/02/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
07/26/2020
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This item was submitted on March 17, 2021 by Dana Bell using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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