The three Colorado police officers involved in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain have been reassigned to “nonenforcement” duties.
Interest in McClain’s case received new attention following the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, among others, and the national protest that has followed.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced his office would reexamine the case almost a year after McClain’s family first called for answers over his death.
Crickets," Mari Newman, an attorney for the McClain family, said, according to KDVR.
Officers detained McClain by placing him in a chokehold.