The threat level was virtually non-existent to justify any degree of excessive force and especially not to the degree of death. For someone to state that “they don’t even kill flies” and express that they are an “introvert” in an effort to convey their state of mind and intent proves just how little regard these police officers had for Elijah McClain’s life. They even took their hatred a step further by telling him to not get his vomit on them (vomit that they induced with their violence) and threatening to unleash vicious dogs to attack him. All the while, the reason for him even being approached was simply because he appeared suspicious and was “different”, in his own words.
And for the paramedics to administer a sedative in double the dose necessary for a 140 lb man makes them equally culpable, which is a gross malpractice of medicine. In the least, neither the police officers nor the EMT’s should have a job or be allowed to work in their fields again and receive a pay check from taxpayers – but we really need to charges levied against them for Elijah’s death.