The family of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died after police restrained him with a carotid hold—a now banned maneuver—may receive a $15 million settlement from the city of Aurora, Colorado. First reported by CBS News, the settlement figure was confirmed by several sources to a local CBS affiliate and described as a “tentative” agreement. McClain was 23 years old when he was killed in August 2019. Police stopped McClain as he was returning to his home on foot from a convenience store. Aurora Police said in an investigative report published this February that someone had called authorities and alerted them to a “suspicious person” in the area. The person was unarmed but was “walking and waving his arms.” The person who made the call also told the police they were not in any fear of harm. Read more