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The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

The Real Story: Their protests forced new investigation into police killing of Elijah McClain but they now face the rest of their lives in prison

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker

The Socialist Program

Politics, News

4.7587 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A damning new independent investigation into the police murder of  Elijah McClain in Aurora, Colorado has been released, but the only people facing charges so far in this case are the activists who led the movement for justice for Elijah McClain.

Lillian House joins the show. Lillian and other leaders of a mass movement in the Denver/Aurora Colorado area demanding justice for Elijah  McClain was herself arrested in a coordinated police attack on September 17, 2020. She was charged with multiple felonies and is awaiting trial. If convicted, Lillian House could be imprisoned for a half a century.

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A damning new independent investigation into the police murder of Elijah McLean in Aurora, Colorado

0:08.5

has been released this week.

0:12.0

But the only people facing charges so far in this case are the activists who led the movement

0:18.7

demanding justice for Elijah McLean.

0:22.7

We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded

0:28.9

impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity.

1:03.2

Music but an imperative necessity. Welcome to The Real Story on The Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian Becker.

1:10.0

If you enjoy the show, please support this independent programming by going to patreon.com forward slash the socialist program and

1:13.1

subscribing. We can do this with you, but not without you. We are joined today by Lillian House.

1:21.6

Lillian and other leaders of a mass movement in the Denver, Aurora, Colorado area, demanding

1:27.2

justice for Elijah McLean,

1:29.6

was herself arrested in a coordinated police attack on September 17, 2020.

1:37.7

She was charged with multiple felonies and is awaiting trial.

1:43.0

If convicted, Lillian House could be imprisoned for the next half century.

1:48.7

Lillian House, welcome to the show.

1:51.2

Thanks for having me on.

1:52.9

Thank you.

1:53.8

Of course, people in our audience are closely following your trial

1:58.8

and the trial of other activists who led the movement demanding

2:03.7

justice for Elijah McLean. And we know and want to talk with you today about the next steps

2:10.1

for you in the legal process, including what's coming even next week. But let's start first with

2:16.4

this report. It's an amazing report. It's called

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