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		</div><h6><span style="color: #4a3737;"><strong>Black family, with children ranging in age from six to 17, were detained and handcuffed at gunpoint in controversial circumstances at a mall in Aurora, Colorado on Sunday</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #4a3737;"><strong>Brittney Gilliam traveling in her blue SUV had taken her nieces, younger sister and daughter to get their nails done, only to be surrounded by armed police and arrested for car theft</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #4a3737;"><strong>Bystander video has emerged showing family members lying on their stomachs with their hands behind their backs on Sunday morning </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #4a3737;"><strong>Driver Brittney Gilliam was seen being led away in handcuffs as her six year-old daughter cried out for her mom while lying on her stomach alongside Gilliam&#8217;s younger sister, 17, as well as her two nieces aged 12 and 14 n</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #4a3737;"><strong>Aurora Police detained the family because the car matched the license plate number of a stolen vehicle, which turned out to be a motorcycle from Montana</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #4a3737;"><strong>This fresh debacle comes amid mounting criticism of Aurora Police Dept in the &#8216;chokehold&#8217; death of a 23-year-old black man, Elijah McClain, in Aug 2019</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #4a3737;"><strong>&#8216;There&#8217;s no excuse why you didn&#8217;t handle it a different type of way,&#8217; Gilliam slammed police insensitivity as the family say they are going to file an official complaint to ensure this does not happen to another family</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #4a3737;"><strong>Aurora police released a statement apologizing to the family over the &#8216;mix-up&#8217; and announcing that internal investigation has been opened</strong></span></h6>
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<h6><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-351990" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cops-arrests-black-family-after-identifying-the-wrong-vehicle-1.jpg" alt="Cops arrests black family after identifying the wrong vehicle 1" width="897" height="533" /></span>Stills from the private video show Aurora Police detaining and handcuffing a black family with young children after they mistakenly thought their car was stolen. It later turned out that the stolen vehicle report cops were investigating is listed as a motorcycle </strong></h6>
<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">A black family in Colorado traveling in an SUV with children aged six to 17, were detained and handcuffed at gunpoint after police mistakenly thought their vehicle was stolen.</span></p>
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<p>Bystander footage has emerged on social media showing the moment Aurora Police officers in Colorado arrested the female driver and a group of young girls in the parking lot of a thrift store on Sunday morning.<br />
The shocking video clip shows the family lying on their stomachs with their hands behind their backs in broad daylight as officers escort them into police cruisers.</p>
<h6><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><amp-youtube data-videoid="MZeaTN50W2k" data-param-rel="1" data-param-showsearch="0" data-param-showinfo="1" data-param-iv_load_policy="1" data-param-fs="1" data-param-hl="en-US" data-param-autohide="2" data-param-wmode="transparent" width="560" height="315" layout="responsive"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZeaTN50W2k" placeholder><amp-img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MZeaTN50W2k/hqdefault.jpg" alt="YouTube Poster" layout="fill" object-fit="cover"><noscript><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MZeaTN50W2k/hqdefault.jpg" loading="lazy" decoding="async" alt="YouTube Poster"></noscript></amp-img></a></amp-youtube></span><br />
<strong>Aurora police arrest black family in an SUV following reports of a stolen motorcycle </strong></h6>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-351993" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cops-arrests-black-family-after-identifying-the-wrong-vehicle-2.jpg" alt="Cops arrests black family after identifying the wrong vehicle 2" width="918" height="509" /></span>Footage of the arrest shows four young girls aged six, 12, 14 and 17, sitting on the ground of a parking lot in Aurora, Colorado on Sunday surrounded by a group of arresting officers. The video was shot by a bystander who was at the scene</h6>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-351996" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cops-arrests-black-family-after-identifying-the-wrong-vehicle-3.jpg" alt="Cops arrests black family after identifying the wrong vehicle 3" width="960" height="524" /></span>Cops arrests black family after identifying the wrong vehicle: As they family were being harassed by officers, the younger family members can be heard screaming and crying, while police led the driver, who was later identified as Brittany Gilliam, away in handcuffs</h6>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-352051" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Brittney-Gilliam-being-led-away-in-handcuffs-while-her-daughter-cried-out-for-her-mom.jpg" alt="Brittney Gilliam being led away in handcuffs while her daughter cried out for her mom" width="899" height="490" />Brittney Gilliam, who had taken her family to get their nails done, was seen being led away in handcuffs [circled left], as the rest of her six-year-old daughter lying on the ground with her teen aunt and cousins cried out for her mom</h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-352049" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Brittney-Gilliams-neice-1.jpg" alt="Brittney Gilliam's neice 1" width="748" height="417" />&#8216;It&#8217;s like they don&#8217;t care,&#8217; the Gilliam&#8217;s teenage sister complained. &#8216;Whom Am I going to call when my life is in danger?&#8217;</h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The four children, who are six, 12, 14, and 17 years old, can be heard screaming and crying throughout the arrest.<br />
The incident was a case of mistaken identity after cops believed the car had been stolen because it matched the license plate number and description they were given.<br />
They later determined they had stopped the wrong car and were actually looking for a motorcycle with the same license plate number from Montana.<br />
The incident comes amid nationwide protests and mounting criticism of the Aurora Police Department which has been blamed for the death of 23-year-old black man Elijah McClain last August.<br />
The driver of the blue SUV has been identified as Brittney Gilliam, who had been traveling with her nieces, younger sister and daughter.<br />
She told local station <a class="class" href="https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/aurora-police-juveniles-detained-mistaken-id/73-df2168c3-6de0-4deb-9b78-13bc0c19e4d8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">9News</a> that she had taken her family to get their nails done but later realized the salon was closed.<br />
The family then returned to their car only to be surrounded by officers who had their guns drawn.</p>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-351999" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cops-arrests-black-family-after-identifying-the-wrong-vehicle-4.jpg" alt="Cops arrests black family after identifying the wrong vehicle 4" width="981" height="540" /></span>The unarmed adult female and three juvenile travelling in the SUV were surrounded by police with guns drawn after officers believed their license plate number matched that of a vehicle that was stolen in Montana. According to an apology from police &#8216;they later realized they were looking for a motorcycle with the same license plate number but from out of state&#8217;</h6>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-352050" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Brittney-Gilliam-3.jpg" alt="Brittney Gilliam 3" width="736" height="421" /></span>&#8216;There&#8217;s no excuse why you didn&#8217;t handle it a different type of way,&#8217; Gilliam slammed police insensitivity as the family say they are going to file an official complaint to ensure this does not happen to another family <span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-352005" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cops-arrests-black-family-after-identifying-the-wrong-vehicle-6.jpg" alt="Cops arrests black family after identifying the wrong vehicle 6" width="1470" height="805" /></span>Gilliam said the family [seen seating on the ground], returned to the car in the mall parking lot after realizing the nail salon they were visiting on Sunday was closed, only to be confronted by cops with their guns drawn</h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;You could have even told them &#8220;step off to the side let me ask your mom or your auntie a few questions so we can get this cleared up.&#8221; There was different ways to handle it.&#8217;<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">Police said cops may have accidentally targeted the car because it had been reported stolen in February in a separate incident.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">Gilliam said the vehicle was stolen in February but was found the following day.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson later released a statement on Twitter, apologizing for the mix-up, following the incident.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">&#8216;We have been training our officers that when they contact a suspected stolen car, they should do what is called a high-risk stop,&#8217; she wrote.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">&#8216;This involves drawing their weapons and ordering all occupants to exit the car and lie prone on the ground.&#8217;</span></p>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;"><img class="alignnone wp-image-352010" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Elijah-McClain-1.jpg" alt="Elijah McClain 1" width="709" height="488" /></span>Elijah McClain [photo], was choked to death last August by officers of the Aurora police dept. The reluctance in charging the officers involved has lead to a nation-wide backlash</h6>
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<p> <span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">The Aurora Police Department has come under fire over the last few months following the death of 23-year-old black man Elijah McClain last year.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">McClain was placed in a lethal chokehold by Aurora cops after he was stopped while walking home on August 24, 2019.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">The police account was eerily similar situation is the revelation that Police confronted McClain after receiving reports of a man who looked &#8216;sketchy&#8217; walking the street.<br />
McClain was placed in a lethal chokehold by Aurora police officers on August 24, 2019, after he had been stopped while walking home at night.<br />
Police were called to the scene after receiving reports of a man wearing a ski mask &#8216;acting sketchy&#8217; and flailing his arms.<br />
McClain, a massage therapist described by friends and family as an &#8216;oddball, vegetarian, athlete, and peacemaker&#8217; who loved animals, was handcuffed and placed in a carotid control hold, restricting his bloodflow, before losing consciousness.<br />
Paramedics later sedated him with ketamine, sending him into cardiac arrest. He was declared brain dead and removed from life support six days later.</span></p>
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<h6>A case of &#8216;mistaken identity&#8217;: The Aurora Police department released a statement apologizing to the family over the mix-up</h6>
<p><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">The Aurora Police department released a statement apologizing to the family over the mix-up- </span><span style="color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1rem;">&#8216;I have called the family to apologize and to offer any help we can provide, especially for the children who may have been traumatized by yesterday&#8217;s events.</span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;I have reached out to our victim advocates so we can offer age-appropriate therapy that the city will cover.&#8217;<br />
Chief Wilson said an internal investigation has also been opened.<br />
The family, who has filed a complaint, is now being represented by Denver attorney David Lane, the law partner of Elijah McClain&#8217;s family lawyer Mari Newman.</p>
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Backlash after Black Colorado woman, her six-year-old daughter and three other teen female family members are detained and handcuffed at gunpoint by cops who ‘mistakenly thought their car was stolen’
