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Chief: No discipline while state eyes death of Black man

By PATTY NIEBERG and COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press

FILE - This file photo released by the Aurora, Colo., Police Department shows, from left, officers Erica Marrero, Jaron Jones and Kyle Dittrich reenacting a neckhold like the one police used on Elijah McClain before the Black man died in 2019. The Aurora Civil Service Commission issued a decision Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, upholding the firings of officers Marrero, Dittrich and Jason Rosenblatt over this and similar photos. Jones resigned in July 2020. (Aurora Police Department via AP, File)

Cops fired over photos tied to Elijah McClain not reinstated

By COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press

Fired officer says he was unfairly painted as a racist

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FILE - In this May 15, 2019, file photo, District Attorney George Brauchler speaks during a news conference in Castle Rock, Colo. An investigation will determine if police officers in suburban Denver will face charges after handcuffing two Black girls and placing them on the ground while mistakenly suspecting they were riding in a stolen car, a prosecutor said Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson and the department are cooperating with the investigation, Brauchler said. He called the public accounts of the confrontation &quot;very concerning.&quot; (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Prosecutors investigating police who handcuffed Black girls

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and THOMAS PEIPERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 3, 2020, file photo, Aurora Police Department Interim Chief Vanessa Wilson speaks during a news conference in Aurora, Colo. Wilson was picked to be the chief of the Aurora Police Department in a 10-1 vote Monday night, Aug. 3 becoming the first woman to hold the job, after competing with three other nationwide finalists to lead the agency in Colorado’s third largest city, a diverse community east of Denver. (Philip B. Poston/Sentinel Colorado via AP, File)

New chief of embattled Colorado force wants cops to see bias

By COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 3, 2020, file photo, Aurora Police Department Interim Chief Vanessa Wilson speaks during a news conference in Aurora, Colo. Wilson was picked to be the chief of the Aurora Police Department in a 10-1 vote Monday night, Aug. 3 becoming the first woman to hold the job, after competing with three other nationwide finalists to lead the agency in Colorado’s third largest city, a diverse community east of Denver. (Philip B. Poston/Sentinel Colorado via AP, File)

Police facing scrutiny in Elijah McClain case get new chief

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and PATTY NIEBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 27, 2020, file photo, demonstrators carry a giant placard during a rally and march over the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain outside the police department in Aurora, Colo. Multiple suburban Denver police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave amid an investigation into photos of them related to the case of a Black man who died last summer after he was stopped and restrained, police said Monday, June 29, 2020. The interim police chief of the city of Aurora, Vanessa Wilson, said in a statement that the suspended officers were &quot;depicted in photographs near the site where Elijah McClain died.&quot; But her statement did not provide more details about what the images show. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Officers put on leave over photos tied to Elijah McClain

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