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In the same week that officials in Aurora agreed to independent monitoring of police, lawyers representing members of Elijah McClain鈥檚 family and the city agreed to a massive financial settlement to resolve the wrongful death lawsuit.

The Aurora Police Department has agreed to reforms after the killing of Elijah McClain led to indictments against officers and a first-of-its-kind civil rights investigation that found a pattern of racially-biased policing and excessive force.

Three police officers and two paramedics indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in Colorado appeared in court Monday for the first time since being charged.

An Indian-American doctor was sitting in his car outside the building he owned in Aurora. He honked at a police cruiser blocking his way. An Aurora police officer responded by drawing a gun on the doctor, questioning him as if he was a criminal suspect.

A civil rights investigation begun amid outrage over the death of Elijah McClain has found that the Aurora Police Department has a pattern of racially biased policing, Colorado's attorney general said Wednesday.

The indictments of three suburban Denver officers and two paramedics on manslaughter and other charges in the death of Elijah McClain could be a pivotal step toward meaningful police accountability, law enforcement reform advocates say.

On Wednesday morning, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser shared results of a months-long grand jury investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, who died several days after a violent encounter with Aurora Police in August 2019. The grand jury released a 32-count indictment against two Aurora police officers, a former Aurora police officer, and two Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics.

Colorado鈥檚 attorney general said Wednesday that a grand jury indicted three officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain. All five officers and paramedics were charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, while some also face additional charges.

Colorado鈥檚 public health department issued an order Wednesday that prevents paramedics from using ketamine to sedate people in situations like the one involving Elijah McClain. The change came just hours after Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 1251, which he said in a statement is meant to 鈥渞estore trust in law enforcement.鈥�

The bill, dubbed the 鈥淜etamine Restriction Act,鈥� would require local and state law enforcement agencies around the country to certify that they prohibit the use of ketamine for arrest or detention. The bill aims to prevent its use in the field by paramedics. It would allow ketamine鈥檚 use in a hospital.