Four Aurora police officers are now out of a job after taking part in a “reprehensible” act by making fun of the killing of 23-year-old Black man Elijah McClain.
“Aurora’s interim police chief on Friday fired two of the three officers who posed for a photo last October reenacting a chokehold at the site of Elijah McClain’s violent arrest — the third officer already had resigned — and terminated another officer who received the photo,” The Denver Post reported Friday. “That officer, Jason Rosenblatt, was one of the three officers involved in McClain’s death last summer.”
“While the allegations of this internal affairs case are not criminal, it is a crime against humanity and decency,” Vanessa Wilson, the interim police chief, said at a press conference.
The fired former officers are Erica Marrero, Kyle Dittrich, and Jason Rosenblatt.
Take a look at the video clips below:
Aurora police chief shows the photos of three former officers smiling and reenacting a chokehold near the site of Elijah McClain's arrest https://t.co/Nj065CIsxp pic.twitter.com/NxHk3hkUuP
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 3, 2020
Press Conference Regarding Photo Investigation #APDNews https://t.co/fL8F0DJyUs
— Aurora Police Dept. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@AuroraPD) July 3, 2020
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