September 2, 2021

We’ve talked about this case before… A couple years ago, McClain went to a convenience store wearing a ski mask. He bought some things and left. The store did not call the police on him, he was just another customer. To be 1000% clear here, the convenience store clerk that rung him out while he wore a ski mask did not think he was a threat or a thief. He just rung him out. Other customers in the store didn’t even bat an eye at him.

However, the Aurora Police DID. They saw a ski mask and understood they were dealing with a violent criminal.

It’s simply a matter of training. A trained convenience store clerk saw McClain wearing a ski mask, ignored it, and saw him as a customer.
Trained Aurora Police officers saw McClain moments later wearing the same ski mask and KNEW -without any evidence- he was actually a criminal.

But those are the rules, ski mask = criminal, at least according to the Aurora Police SpongeBob Handbook. I mean how else would police identify the criminals? Evidence? A crime? I think not.

-Well here’s the problem… McClain did nothing wrong, and died in their custody.

Now some legal experts may argue that police are responsible for anyone in their custody, especially when the person they kill was entirely innocent and should not have been stopped in the first place. -But are we really going to let laws get in the way of policing?

It is so unfair. It’s not like they just rode up on him for no reason, harassed and killed him.

No, no. First there was a phone call to the dispatcher, reporting a suspicious individual. The person reporting McClain tells the dispatcher that a guy is walking down the sidewalk in a ski mask.

See? Reasonable threat.

Well, except he goes on to tell the dispatcher that no crime has taken place and he does not believe McClain has a weapon. However, he -has- seen his fair share of SpongeBob episodes, and knows criminals often wear ski masks… so he alerted police.

Police responded to the call, and find McClain walking, down the sidewalk, still no crime, still no weapon. They decided to intervene. He wasn’t making it home alive, not on their watch.

What, am I being to harsh? In the bodycam footage, McClain doesn’t appear to be on drugs, violent, or up to criminal activity -and he wasn’t. He seems like a guy who doesn’t understand why he is being stopped and just wants to go home. A struggle occurs, McClain is put in a choke hold, drugged by paramedics, then dies.

See the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGlHMZQtO7U

Over a freaking ski mask. Real life is not a God damn cartoon show. I watched that video and see a guy that is quirky, harmless, and innocent of any crime. My opinion- if police had not stopped him, McClain would have still been alive. They had no reason to stop him in the first place, he was unlawfully in their custody, and his death is on them.

I don’t hate police. I respect them, and know they have a tough job. If this was the end of the story, I’d say: “Surely they didn’t intend for this to happen. This is not how policing should be done. Their mistakes caused an innocent person to lose their life. Charge them with involuntary manslaughter. That is fair.”

But unfortunately, this is only the beginning of the heinous story. Why? Aurora Police tried to cover it up. For example- In their report, they described McClain as a violent, threatening 200-pound criminal. Reality is he was not violent, confused, and a buck 40 soaking wet. When they tried to cover it up, it became murder. They knew what they did was wrong, killed him, and tried to hide it.

The local D.A. Dave Young refused to charge anyone for McClain’s death. When interviewed, he sounded like an avid defender of the Aurora Police. He claimed McClain suffered no injuries by police (as long as you ignore his death).

After this, three -other- Aurora Police officers reenacted the choke hold in selfie pics making fun of McClain’s death. A fourth- directly involved in the McClain incident laughed at the photo online. It was all a big joke to them. When the photo was discovered, the three officers in the picture were fired, and the fourth resigned.

Protests occurred to get justice for McClain. And rightfully so.

Police picked an innocent guy off the street, killed him, tried to cover it up, the so-called D.A. is working as a defense attorney for the police involved, while other officers in the same department felt emboldened to post pictures online mocking the victim’s death. It is sick and corrupt. I’m not one of these defund the police quacks. And I’ll tell you, this is some really sick and corrupt shit.

If you are one of these Blue Lives Matter folks- don’t defend this. These people are not worthy of it. Don’t lower yourself to defend them. This is a corrupt cop, corrupt D.A. situation. Prove the defund quacks wrong, and demand justice for Elijah. The police and paramedics involved need to stand trial, and the D.A. needs to resign.

It’s a really easy decision- the police should not have stopped him, should not have choked him, should not have drugged him, and should not have covered it up. Demand accountability because these scumbags in Aurora are making all police officers look bad. If you’re one of the good apples, help us get the rotten ones out of the bag and in the trash where they belong. In Aurora, the bad ones are sliming up the whole bag. The good news is we have a second chance to get this right, and get justice for Elijah. State Attorney General Phil Weiser charged three police officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain for negligent homicide and manslaughter.

Nail these SpongeBob troopers to the wall.

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