Police department behind Elijah McClain's death found to have a pattern of racially biased policing, probe finds
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A civil rights investigation following the death of Elijah McClain found the Aurora Police Department displayed patterns of racially biased policing and excessive use of force, Colorado's attorney general said Wednesday.
"These actions are unacceptable," Attorney General Phil Weiser said. "They hurt the people that law enforcement is entrusted to protect, and they destroy community trust."
Weiser said the investigation found that officers regularly applied more force than warranted without giving residents enough time to respond to commands. He said most of the underlying reasons behind these "failures" are systemic and "severe cultural challenges" created by several factors, including the department's police culture, flawed discipline policies and hiring issues.
Two climbers were waiting to be rescued near the peak of Denali, a colossal mountain that towers over miles of vast tundra in southern Alaska, officials said Wednesday. Originally part of a three-person team that became stranded near the top of the mountain, the climbers put out a distress call more than 30 hours earlier suggesting they were hypothermic and unable to descend on their own, according to the National Park Service.
There's no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished .07 seconds behind a Russian opponent who, everyone later learned, was doping. What the American 400-meter hurdles champion will finally receive is a great day under the Eiffel Tower where she'll be presented with the gold medal she was denied 12 years ago at the London Olympics.