As I understand it.....

The police were responding to a report of a suspicious person. McClain was wearing a full head/face ski mask in the middle of summer (remember, pre-covid that would have been v suspicious) and talking/arguing with himself. Because it was reported, the protocols required the police make contact with the individual. It went sideways from there.

At some point in the past, a rule was enacted to improve some situation that required police actually follow up on a reported issue, regardless of the report. So the cops HAD to interact with Elijah, regardless if they thought the situation didn't require it. They weren't out trolling for a victim. I can only guess that ketamine was introduced after some combative or violent or unstable person was injured getting arrested and the brilliant idea that someone came up with to prevent that from happening again was to blindly inject combative people with ketamine. I understand it makes things safer for the officers involved, but there are so many potential medical issues with blind injections I just cant see how it is a good direction to be headed. But again, to meet the demands of the public or that of a publicly elected official, the protocols used on Elijah were put in place by people above those expected to use them in the field. As long as the officers/EMS followed protocol, they should be exempt of any wrongdoing.

I agree the photo thing was in very bad taste. Wrong. I am on the fence that such an act immediately results in losing a job. People are imperfect and make mistakes. Just because they work for the gov doesn't eliminate that aspect. I am amazed at how often a poor choice of words online results in pitchforks and torches to have them fired and ruined. I thought people had the chance to apologize, learn from mistakes and be better people, but in today's age I guess not. Sad.