Ex-Justice Department lawyer will lead Elijah McClain probe

An investigation spurred by the death of a 23-year-old Black man in suburban Denver after police stopped him last year will be led by a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer. Jonathan Smith oversaw the department’s investigation of police in Ferguson, Missouri following the death of Michael Brown in 2014. He is expected to begin investigating city policies at issue in the death of Elijah McClain in Aurora while two other experts are sought following approval of the investigation’s sc