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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. Investigators analyzed more than three million records, nearly 3,000 police reports and analyzed internal data from the Aurora Police Departme stanley cup nt and Aurora Fire and Rescue. We ll hold Aurora accountable for past patterns and practices, Weiser said. McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, was killed after being put into a chokehold and injected stanley cup with a sedative by police in August 2019. McClain was walking home from a convenience store wearing a ski mask. Someone called the police to report a suspicious person and three officers arrived to try and arr stanley cup est him. Officers tackled McClain to the ground, putting him in a chokehold and Aurora Fire Department personnel later injected h Tufz Remains of missing Army vet, dog found in shallow grave, police say
In our series, Pushing the Limits, we introduce you to a wounded Army veteran who overcame incredible odds to climb one of the world s most treacherous mountains.For anyone it s a soaring achievement, but for Adam Keys, the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro was only part of the climb. A few years ago, taking even one step was unimaginable. On July 14th, 2010, was the day I was injured, Keys told CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford. He was 26 ye adidas originals ars old, an Army paratrooper on patrol in Afghanistan, when his truck parked by a roadside bomb. As soon as I opened the door, the IED went off. So that s the last I rememb jordan er, Keys said. He woke up two months later. For a while there, it was touch and go for a long, long tim converse e, Keys said. Doctors initially gave Keys less than a one percent chance of survival. But to his mother, that meant he had a chance. She came in and the doctor said, Do you know who this is I said, Yes, that s my mother, Keys recounted. She started crying and, you know ndash; I m getting teared up right now. But she just looked at the doctor and said, I told ya. So it was one of those things. What did she know about you that they didn t Crawford asked. I guess, mostly, I am determined and when I set my goals to something, I want to get it done. But mostly I m stubborn and I like to prove people wrong, Keys said. Months went by before Keys was strong enough