details today about the investigation into what police and paramedics did wrong in the death of elijah mcclain. >>> and one woman making history by crossing the ocean. "early today" starts right now >>> good tuesday morning i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. overnight our nation paused to look at the devastating toll of the pandemic president biden offered these words of comfort. >> they're never truly gone. they'll always be part of your heart. i know this as well, and it seems unbelievable, but i promise you, the day will come when the memory of the loved one you lost will bring a smile to your lips before a tear to your eye. >> more on the challenges we still face to end this pandemic, here's nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: the president with the enormity of the death toll on his shoulders paused to remember the half million americans who have lost their lives to the virus grandparents, mothers and fathers, even children, more fatalities from the year-long pandemic than the number of americans who died on the battlefield in world war i, world war ii, and vietnam combined. >> the p

days pete williams, thank you. >>> in colorado, an independent investigation into the death of elijah mcclain found critical failure by the aurora police department mcclain's father is speaking to our gabe gutierrez >> stop, i have the right to stop you because you are being suspicious >> reporter: the body camera of elijah mcclain in 2019 sparked nationwide protest police gotten the call about a suspicious man wearing a mask >> reporter: he died after the officer tackled him and placed him in a neck hold and sedated him. at the time the police said he fought back when confronted. in a new report now says neither the call nor any of the officers involved identified a crime that mcclain suspected in committing and the ems gave him amount of sedative the investigation was flawed because the department failed to ask basic questions of justification of use of force for mcclain's father, today's report reenforces the question >> did this have to happen >> no. if they were to treat him like a human and talk to him. >> reporter: the panel recommended that the police department review police training

cartridge free. >>> a scathing new report faulting aurora, colorado police for their treatment of elijah mcclain. the 23-year-old died back in august of 2019 after being stopped by police but his story gained national attention only after the death of george floyd. according to the report, mcclain was walking home when three officers confronted him. they were responding to a call about a sketchy person wearing a ski mask and waiving his arms. he was not suspected of any crime, but seconds after getting there the report says officers used force including two choke holds. the officers said mcclain had refused their orders to pat him down the report shows mcclain pleaded with them saying i was just going home i'm an introvert and i'm different. i'm so sorry paramedics waited 7 minutes after arriving to help mcclain in any way and the first thing they did was administer ketamine as a sedative. enough ketamine for a 190 pound man. mcclain weighed only 140 pounds. he fell into a coma and died three days later two of the three officers were removed from patrol duty but remain on the force. this indepen

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a separate case that occurred 18 months ago when 23-year-old elijah mcclain died when police officersrado, restrained him with a choke hold that's since been banned. the body cam footage we're about to show you is disturbing so take a moment and here we go. >> he looked sketchy. he might be a bad person. >> right there. stop. stop. stop. i have a right to stop you because you're being suspicious. turn around. turn around. stop. >> let go of me. seek respect to boundaries that i am speaking. i was just going home. >> an independent investigation has concluded police had no legal basis to stop or use force on mcclain and they sedated him without conducting anything more than a brief visual observation. co-founder and ceo. i liveed not too far from aurora, growing up there. i'm familiar with that police department. the idea these police officers would say we have a right to stop you because you seem suspicious, it almost feels like if you're black you don't have the right to walk the streets in this country. >> that's what we saw. we're used to hearing the refrain, stop resisting. stop r

family still heart broken. >> elijah mcclain mosley was loved. and hopefully we get justice for him. we miss him every day. >> reporter: the aurora police department has not commented on this report, which was paid for by the city council. the family has now filed a lawsuit against the city. guys? >> okay. stephanie, thanks very much. what a case. >>> coming up later the parents demanding answers after their 6-year-old was accused of sexual misconduct by his school and they're speaking on camera for the first time this morning. >>> next, caught on camera, the hero sheriff's deputy speaking out after rescuing a 13-year-old girl after meeting a man online. what all parents need to know. what all parents need to know. ♪ ♪ my life my life, my life, my life ♪ ♪ in the sunshine ♪ ♪ ♪everybody loves the sunshine♪ ♪ ♪ feel, what i feel, when i feel, what i feel ♪ ♪ when i'm feelin' ♪ ♪ in the sunshine ♪ ♪ plaque psoriasis, the burning, itching. the pain. with tremfya®, adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis can uncover clearer skin and improve s

elijah mcclain is the 23-year-old black man who died in the summer of 2019 after polices restrained him while he was walking home from a convenience store. the independent investigation was tasked into looking into exactly what happened surrounding mcclain's death and the actions of first responders who were involved at one point during the exchange mcclain could be heard on body camera video saying, quote, i can't breathe. the report is expected to include recommendations for future best practices for police, fire and emt personnel. last year the aurora police chief fired three officers who mocked mcclain's death in a selfie. the city of aurora will have the results of the independent investigation this morning and release them to the public shortly after. kumasi. >> thank you. >>> malcolm x's family released a letter they say proves nypd and the fbi were behind his assassination written by raymond wood on his death bed. in it wood claims his supervisors pressured him into making sure two key members of malcolm x's security team were arrested. those arrests left no door security at the

. >>> and there are new details into the death of elijah mcclain, a young black man who died after aonfrontation with police in colorado. >> i have a right to stop you because you're being suspicious. >> i am an introvert. these are the boundaries of which i am speaking. >> well, i'm stopping you. >> a new independent report says aurora police did not have the right to stop, frisk or violently restrain the 23-year-old back in august of 2019. officers put him in a neck hold and according to the report, ems administered a ketamine dosage based on a grossly inaccurate estimate of mcclain's size. he suffered cardiac arrest and later died in the hospital. the report recommends that the city reassess its use of force policies and change up the internal review process. >>> and the wife of mexican drug kingpin joaquin "el chapo" guzman is expected to appear in court in washington today. emma coronel aispuro, a dual citizen was taken into custody on monday. she had been under investigation for two years. the 31-year-old is helping her husband run his multibillion dollar cartel and plotting hi

. >> elijah mcclain mosley was loved. he's missed and hopefully we get justice for him. >> the officers have not been charged. the city council's report also called the department's investigation flawed. aurora police have not commented on the report. >>> the supreme court denied a last-ditch effort from former president trump to block the release of his tax records. in a matter of days his accountants could turn over eight years of his personal and corporate taxes to the manhattan d.a. they could be presented to a grand jury but the public may never see them. the d.a. requested the records as part of an investigation involving hush money payments to women. >>> attorney general nominee merrick garland assured senators at his confirmation hearing monday that he will be politically independent. garland vowed to make the investigation into the attack on the u.s. capitol his top priority, and he got emotional as he reflected on the discrimination that his family faced before coming to the u.s. >> i come from a family where my

. >>> findings from the investigation into the death of elijah mcclain are being released today.ficers placed him in a choke holder. and injected with a sedative. >>> nasa promises today you will see mars like never before. releasing footage from the perseverance rover. which will include new images. and video. >>> snow and rain along the east coast. inland areas could see four inches. sunny in the midwest. >>> finally, some well-earned recognition. for nearly 1,000 determined young women. >> they're newly inducted eagle scouts. >> welcome to be the change. >> reporter: even the namesake mascot joining the celebration on sunday night. scouts welcomed the first class of female eagle scouts. >> it wasn't just about me. i also wanted to prove to other girls. >> reporter: the first time in its 111-year history, young women following in the footstep of eagle scouts li p gerald ford. >> you have to work hard. you have to do so much work. >> reporter: nearly 1,000 young women from across the country making her-story over the weekend. >> the fact i can help lead and help recruit and i ca

michael, in your book you write a letter directly to elijah mcclain.e that you were no threat to anyone and a good person, much the way george floyd tried to convince the cops that he was not a bad guy. the string of words that flowed from your mouth as the cops brutalized you is at once sad, because you tried to show your best that you were a meek and mild soul and enraging because it didn't matter what you said. they were hell-bent on smashing your body into nothingness, into no-there-ness. yesterday would have been elijah's 25th birthday as well. >> yes, it's extraordinary. the report, 157 pages i think concluded that they had no reason to stop him in the first place. he was a young man. 23 years old. arguably on the spectrum. a beautiful soul who played his violin to soothe stray cats. a young man about whom it was said a gold orb walked with him as he proceeded in life. yet 5'6", 140 pounds, three police people saw it necessary to twice render him unconscious and the emt to administer ketamine to him for no good reason. he wore a ski mask because

the scathing inagain dent investigation tonight after the deadly police confrontation involving elijah mcclain, an unarmed black man in aurora, colorado. it found police had no legal basis to stop him. paramedics giving him ket mean. he suffered a heart attack and died six days later. the report calls the department's investigation clearing the officers a failure. >>> when we come back here, the new hd images from mars. is this where our family is from? what about here? here? here? daddy, is that where we're from? well, actually... we're from a lot of places. you see we're from here and there and here... turn questions you've always had into stories you can't wait to share; with ancestry. struggling to manage my type 2 diabetes was knocking me out of my zone, turn questions you've always had into stories but lowering my a1c with once-weekly ozempic® helped me get back in it. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic® ♪ my zone? lowering my a1c and losing some weight. now, back to the show. ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. most people who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. and you may lose wei

as he touched on, in colorado, elijah mcclain had special needs, and he was killed by the police. everyone in the community knew him but the police didn't. you had that teenager who shot up the movie theater and he was taken into custody. policing is the overseer, officer mentality. until we start changing hiring and firing, nothing will change. it starts with legislation and works through the department. i have worked with white persimmon assist -- white supremacists. i am a black man first. others have called out this discrimination. that blue ball thing, we take those bricks out. it is not quite as easy as some people make it appear, but clearly, if you have cancer in your leg, you have cancer in your body. host: final thoughts, mr. greenfield? guest: as i said, we appreciate the opportunity to bring this important issue up. it is very simple. it is about equality and justice , having police be accountable on the same way that everyone else in our society is. host: mr. cohen? guest: congress passed this law to deal with just this problem in the 1870's. the law was in effect unt

this independent investigation into 23-year-old elijah mcclain's death, you remember this happened ine from a convenience store when an officer stopped him, based on a 911 call about a man that, quote, looked sketchy. that is it. the report said that officer placed his hands on mcclain within ten seconds of leaving his patrol car. >> later the officers claim the 140-pound mcclain resisted and had, quote, superior strength. and he was wrestled to the ground and given an injection of ketamine that was inflated based on his size. he had a heart attack on the way to the hospital and was declared brain dead three days later. the d.a. did not charge the officers involved. the parents proves their son was an innocent victim and that the police and medics involved in his death should be held accountable. >>> later today, in waynesboro, georgia, family and friends will hold a candlelight vigil to mark the one year death of ahmad arbery. he was chased by three white men, gunned down, all he was doing was jogging through a neighborhood. >> and still no trial date has been set for the two men, ob

they found officers in colorado had no justified reason to stop elijah mcclain. or to use multiple choke holds on the young man. what we ignore we empower. we captainn't ignore the realitt has taken too many young black lives any more. that is a message for me and for you. thank you for watching. the big show, cnn tonight, big star, big head d. lemon. >> that's why thus black lives matter. that's why people -- that's what it started, for that sort of injustice. i do have to say i wasn't going to do this, that was the impetus for this book. that was george floyd, originally ahmaud arbery and george floyd and breyonna taylor. let me tell you something. i think that, listen, both were very important. we are covering ahmaud arbery and then george floyd happened. the cameras went away from ahmaud arbery. we watched ahmaud arbery die on camera. he was the beginning of all of this. and the attention should continue to go to him, to all of the victims and the survivors of the victims, the family. but we have to remember, you're right, ahmaud arbery started all of this. w

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. >>> disturbing new information about elijah mcclain's encounter with police in colorado before he diedmeans for his family's fight for justice.

in colorado, an independent investigation into the police killing of 23-year-old elijah mcclain has foundaurora police officers did not have the legal basis to stop or apprehend and assault mcclain. the report published monday says mcclain's encounter with the police was "a violent and relentless struggle." and that the limited video and audio available from the incident "reveal mr. mcclain surrounded by officers, all larger than he, crying out in pain, apologizing, explaining himself and pleading with the officers." mcclain was stopped by three police officers on august 24, 2019, as he was walking home from picking up an iced tea for his brother at a convenience store. he was tackled by police, placed in a chokehold, and was then injected with ketamine by paramedics. he died on august 30 after days on life support. virginia is set to become the first state in the south to outlaw capital punishment after lawmaks voted monday to abolish the deatpenalty. democraticovernor ralph northam has pledd to sigthe legislion. virgin has carri out nearl 1400 ecutionsince 16 when itecame thfirst brish

you hear the 157-page report that found officers in colorado had no justified reason to stop elijah mcclainng man. what we ignore we empower. we can't ignore the reality that has taken too many young black lives anymore. that is a message for me and for you. thank you for watching the big show. "cnn tonight", big star, big hit, d. lemon. >> and that's why thus black lives matter. that's why people -- that's why it started, for that sort of injustice. you know, i do have to say -- i wasn't going to do this. that was the impetus for this book. that was george floyd. originally ahmaud arbery and george floyd and breonna taylor. let me tell you something, i think that -- listen, both were very important. we were covering ahmaud arbery. >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> and then george floyd happ

they found officers in colorado had no justified reason to stop elijah mcclain.power. we captainn't ignore the realitt has taken too many young black lives any more. that is a message for me and for you. thank you for watching. the big show, cnn tonight, big star, big head d. lemon. >> that's why thus black lives matter. that's why people -- that's what it started, for that sort of injustice. i do have to say i wasn't going to do this, that was the impetus for this book. that was george floyd, originally ahmaud arbery and george floyd and breyonna taylor. let me tell you something. i think that, listen, both were very important. we are covering ahmaud arbery and then george floyd happened. the cameras went away from

. >> i want to remind our viewers of what happened when police in colorado stopped elijah mcclain overwatch this. >> stop. ave right to stop you because you're being suspicious. >> okay. >> turn around. >> stop. stop tensing up. >> no. let go of me. no, i am an introvert. respect boundaries that i am speaking. i'm just going home. >> a violinist, an introvert who was wearing a mask after he got an iced tea. we learned officially that aurora police had no good reason to stop him, but they put him in a choke hold, paramedics injected him with a sedative dose for a man 50 pounds heavier. he died of course and no criminal charges. the da says there was not enough evidence to support them. what's your take? >> unless of course also remember that this now independent investigation found that the original investigation done by aurora detectives was incomplete and actually shouldn't have been conducted in the way that it was. the police cannot police themselves. but, you know, honestly, stephanie, the specifics of this case or daniel prude's case or any case isn't actually the point. this cycl

movement, an independent probe just accused police and paramedics of wrongdoing leading up to elijah mcclain'sy police in aurora while they responded to a call about a suspicious person. he was then put in a choke hold and injected with ketamine before dying in police custody. the investigation found they used a dose for a man 50 pounds heavier, and the police had absolutely no justification to stop or detain him. the officers and paramedics involved have not been criminally charged and did not comment on these new findings. >>> meanwhile, today marks one year since ahmaud arbery was shot and killed while he was jogging, according to his family. remember, he was pursued by two white men with a third recording and they were not arrested until months later. they pleaded not guilty and they are awaiting trial. nbc's blayne alexander just spoke with ahmaud arbery's mother. what a conversation, what did you learn? >> reporter: stephanie, you're absolutely right, it really was a conversation, quite a moving conversation. you know, the past year really has been difficult for wanda cooper jones. while

. >>> in colorado an update on elijah mcclain's death after his encounter with the aurora police in 2019>> in a newly released report, they say neither the caller nor any of the officers involved identified a crime that mcclain was suspected of committing. >> none of the officers involved have been charged in what the panel calls a flawed post-event investigation. >>> nasa released new video allowing us to see every moment of that perseverance touchdown on mars. >> the deployment of the parachute, the separation, the landing. >> touchdown. >> for the first time the video was in color and with martian sound effects. >>> bruce springstein appeared in court wednesday via video conference to address his dwi arrest late last year. the judge dismissed charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving but springstein did plead guilty to drinking in a restricted area. >>> some of the week's wildest moments caught only bright mete up the sky above utah when it was caught in heavy wind. >> we're going to get wet! >> thankfully no one on board was hurt. >>> and row, row, row your boat all t

as he touched on, in colorado, elijah mcclain had special needs, and he was killed by the police.one in the community knew him but the police didn't. you had that teenager who shot up the movie theater and he was taken into custody. policing is the overseer, officer mentality. until we start changing hiring and firing, nothing will change. it starts with legislation and works through the department. i have worked with white persimmon assist -- white supremacists. i am a black man first. others have called out this discrimination. that blue ball thing, we take those bricks out. it is not quite as easy as some people make it appear, but clearly, if you have cancer in your leg, you have cancer in your body. host: final thoughts, mr. greenfield? guest: as i said, we appreciate the opportunity to bring this important issue up. it is very simple. it is about equality and justice , having police be accountable on the same way that everyone else in our society is. host: mr. cohen? guest: congress passed this law to deal with just this problem in the 1870's. the law was in effect until the