On Aug. 30, an Aurora police officer shot and killed Rajon Belt-Stubblefield during a traffic stop. This is the third officer-involved shooting in Aurora this year.
The shooting has prompted renewed calls for police reform and accountability, especially as it fell on the 6th anniversary of the high-profile death of Elijah McClain, which also stemmed from a case of police brutality in Aurora.
On Tuesday, Aurora Chief of Police Todd Chamberlain held a press conference where he defended the officer’s actions as necessary self-defense. The Aurora police Department (APD) said that Belt-Stubblefield “refused to listen to the officer’s commands” after he tossed a gun from his car onto the grass nearby…