The parents of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old black man who died in police custody in Aurora, Colorado, last year, have sued the city and its police, accusing the department of a longstanding pattern of racism and brutality.
In the federal civil rights lawsuit filed on Aug. 11, parents Sheneen McClain and Lawayne Mosley said they were seeking both accountability for the loss of a “beautiful soul” and to send a message that racism and brutality “have no place in American law enforcement.”
