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Chief Fires Officers Accused of Taking Smiling Selfies at Elijah McClain Memorial

Chief Fires Officers Accused of Taking Smiling Selfies at Elijah McClain Memorial
(L-R) Officers Erica Marrero, Jaron Jones, and Kyle Dittrich in Aurora, Colo. Aurora Police Department via AP
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
7/4/2020|Updated: 7/4/2020

Two police officers who took smiling selfies at a memorial site for Elijah McClain, a black man who died in police custody last year, were fired and a third resigned before he could be terminated.

A fourth officer who saw the picture and replied “haha” in a text message also lost his job, Interim Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson announced Friday.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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