>>> plus, two colorado cops going on trial today, in the death of this young man. 23-year-old elijah mcclain who was walking home with iced tea when he was confronted by police. 24 hours later, he was dead. and with all of this, all of the crucial issues we face as a nation, what is the senate battling over? a dress code. i have thoughts about all of that. and i'm going to share them with you tonight. we have a lot going on, with cassidy hutchinson's accusations against rudy giuliani. and the pushback on the attacks of the doj. >> we apply the same laws for everyone. there is not laws one for the powerful, and one for powerless. one for democrats and others for republicans. our job is not to do what is politically convenient. our job is not to take orders from the president, from congress, or from anyone else about who or what the criminally investigate. i am not the president's lawyer. i will add, i am not congress' prosecutor. >> i want to bring in jay. al also, mimi rocca. i'm glad to have both of you here. we were watching what took place on the hill. he had a hostile crowd. he was defia

attorney general as special prosecutor to investigate further. >> our goal is to seek justice for elijah mcclainquote, undetermined. but the autopsy was amended in 2021 and made public last year citing complications from ketamine injection following forcible restraint as the cause of death. he suffered a heart attack in route to the hospital. he never regained consciousness. days later, he died. the outrage over his death led to calls for more transparency regarding police use of force in aurora and beyond. but for mcclain's mother who spoke out last year about changes in aurora's police department leadership, reforms have still not progressed far enough. >> they're just going backwards. they don't care about police reform. all they care about is controlling people that's not like them. >> reporter: and, phil, as you've pointed out, this is the first of three separate trials. officer nathan woodyard who placed mcclain in that choke hold is scheduled to be trialed next individually in mid october and the two paramedics, we're expecting their trial at the end of november. phil. >> lucy kafanov in

posted, thank you. >>> now to the colorado trial of two police officers charged in the death of elijah mcclain and disturbing new details about their encounter with the 23-year-old. nbc's dana griffin is following this for us. what did prosecutors have to say about mcclain and what happened to him after he was hand cuffed? >> reporter: chris, as you mentioned earlier, this trial is centered around two of the five defendants, jason rosenblatt and randy roedema. these are the officers that responded after their colleague nathan woodyard, made contact with elijah mcclain in august 2019 they are trying to paint the picture that this 23-year-old massage therapist, 5'7", 140 pounds, was much smaller than these officers and did not require as much force or the lethal dose of ketamine that was administered by those two paramedics we heard in the audio played in court in opening statements that elijah stated seven times he can not breathe and we also heard his last words ever spoken around 10:59 p.m. that night, quote, please help me. the defense is acknowledging this was a tragedy, and also stated jus

denver post" reports on the start of the trial of two colorado police officers in the death of elijah mcclaine 23-year-old unarmed black man was walking home from a store in 2019 wearing a ski mask when someone called 911 to report a sketchy person. officers tackled mcclain and put him in a choke hold. prosecutors say they ignored his pleas, and he could not breathe, and he was injected with a sedative. he suffered cardiac arrest and died several days later. the officers who have pleaded not guilty are charged with criminally negligent homicide, manslaughter, and assault. >>> "the hill" says ray epps, the focus of january 6th conspiracy theories, pleaded guilty to a capitol riot charge. in a deal with federal prosecutors, the onetime donald trump supporter pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of disorderly conduct on restricted grounds. he faces up to a year in prison. epps became the focus of a right-wing conspiracy theory that he was a secret government agent who incited the attack to tarnish other rioters. >>> "the new york times" says seven works of art were returned to the heirs of an au

the case stems from the arrest of elijah mcclain. seen here, on august 24th 2019. about a suspicious person wearing a ski mask. he was just walking down the street. but a camera footage shows police wrestle the 23-year-old mcclain to the ground. and place him in a carotid hold. paramedics later injected him with a sedative ketamine. he suffered a heart attack on the way to the hospital and was pronounced dead three days later. as the trial was getting underway, mothers of the movement were on capitol hill. meeting with leadership from the congressional black caucus to discuss a path forward for police reform. my next guests were among those at the meeting. joining me now is democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas. civil rights of tony benn crumb and tyre nichols mother. roman wells. thank you all so much for being here. the continued work that you are investing in to ensure that this does not happen again. if i could begin with you. last week, the five officers involved in the death of your son were indicted on federal charges and today you are on capi

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this body camera video from last august where officers in aurora, colorado, stopped 23-year-old elijah mcclainofficers and two paramedics in mcclain's death. >> reporter: a 32 count indictment each face a count of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. >> we're here today because elijah mcclain is not here. >> he did his job unfortunately through his murder. >> what you are seeing here on your screen in that set of the path to get here and this report tonight is extremely rare and extremely slow. indeed, it was roughly two years to get to the grand jury step. here we are in '23 to get to the trial. this is rare because police officers are rarely ever charged in connection with deaths they may cause or killings in the line of duty. rare but happening. indeed we count three trials scheduled this year, a grand jury also indicted five defendants in total, all five have pled not guilty. if you go back and remember that era, mcclain's death did spark protests which went on for months. it was renewed scrutiny then after the george floyd and brianna taylor incidents. what you see here is, let

nlts the trial of two men charged in the death of the elijah mcclain has begun he was 23 years old when he was allegedly placed in a chokehold by police and injected wd injec hee with ketamine. he died in the hospital three days later defense attorneys for jason rosenblatt and randy radeema say their clients followed protocol. rosenblat was fired in 2020, radeema was placed on leave without pay. >>> the search for a suspect ended in a fiery crash he was named as a person of interest in the deaths of a couple and their son he was pursued to oklahoma the car crashed and caught fire and officers thought they heard two gunshots huey was found dead inside along with a woman who was critically injured. the homicide investigation is still under way, but they have found evidence of a possible motive >>> as world leaders met in new york, thousands of protesters were outside for climate change. this summer, greece saw devastating disasters. kooer keir simmons has more. >> reporter: after a summer of devastating storms, ferocious wildfires, greece is facing a war with climate change. >> it's a war

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wednesday in the trial of two aurora police officers whose violent arrest led to the death of elijah mcclain in 2019. mcclain, a 23-year-old black man, was walking home from the store when he was tackled by police, placed in a carotid hold, and later injected with the powerful sedative ketamine. he died several days later. a prosecutor told jurors yesterday, "he was just walking home." his last words to officers randy roedema and jason rosenblatt were "i'm an introvert. i am just different, that's all. i'm so sorry." both men pleaded not guilty to all charges, including criminally negligent homicide. and a new report from pen america finds a 33% spike in the number of public school book bans during the 2022-2023 school year compared to the prior year. the report finds 40% of recent book bans occurred in florida, where governor ron desantis and republican lawmakers have imposed mass restrictions on books about race and lgbtq issues in school libraries and classrooms. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u

. >>> two colorado police officers charged in the death of a elijah mcclain n august 2019, he was stoppedp one of the officers believed that mcclain reached for a gun, he was put in an apparent chokehold. minutes later, paramedics arrived and gave him a lethal dose of ketamine. one police officer has been fired. two other officers and two paramedics allegedly involved in the incident were suspended without pay. trymaine lee is following this story. walk us through what happened in court today. both that chokehold and ketamine were later banned, right, in the state. >> that's right, the jury was seated today in this trial and opening statements were scheduled to begin at 3:30 eastern time, both of those practices, both the chokehold and the ketamine have since been banned by the police department. >> trymaine, with that said, what's next for the other officer as well as the two paramedics who have been charged in this case so far? >> this trial is expected to last about a month and the third officer involved in this case is scheduled to go to trial in october the following month in novembe

, colorado prosecutors began building their case against two officers charged in the death of elijah mcclainle four years ago. alongside the killings of george floyd, breonna taylor, and others, mcclain's death was among those highlighted during the black lives matter protests of 2020. the two officers have pleaded not guilty to charges of criminally negligent homicide, manslaughter and assault. a third officer and two paramedics are scheduled for trial later this year. we must not let the news dictate the movement. the movement must make the news. put a spotlight on our grievances. that's why we go into atlanta to fight against those that would turn back the clock on affirmative action, on dei programs, and people that want to just give resources to people to start businesses, as the fearless fund is doing for black women and women of color. many of whom cannot get financing in institutions that still don't fairly and equitably distribute money for start-up businesses in those communities. we must continue to fight, just like the generations before us fought and gave us doors that were open

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plus, to colorado cops going on trial today in the death of this young man. 23 year old, elijah mcclain store with ice tea when he was confronted by police. three days later, he was dead. did no