Elijah McClain

Paramedic Who Injected Elijah McClain With Ketamine Before His Death Avoids Prison

A Colorado judge has sentenced a former paramedic to probation in the death of Elijah McClain.
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN, AP

Paramedic Gets 5 Years In Prison For Elijah McClain’s Death In Rare Case Against Medical Responders

Paramedics Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper were convicted of criminally negligent homicide for administering the sedative blamed for killing McClain.
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN, AP

Ex-Colorado Cop Who Killed Elijah McClain Gets 14 Months In Jail

Among the three officers charged in McClain’s 2019 death, Roedema was the only one found guilty.
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, AP

Paramedics Found Guilty In Death Of Elijah McClain, Who They Injected With An Overdose Of Ketamine

Two Denver-area paramedics have been convicted in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, who they injected with an overdose of the sedative ketamine after police put him in a neck hold.
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN, AP

Officer Who Put Elijah McClain In Chokehold Is Reinstated With $200,000 In Back Pay

The police killing of the young Black man in Colorado heightened calls for police reform and accountability across the nation amid the 2020 push for racial justice.
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2nd Police Officer Acquitted In Death Of Elijah McClain

Aurora officer Nathan Woodyard, who put McClain in a neck hold, was found not guilty of homicide and manslaughter.
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN, AP

1 Officer Convicted, 1 Acquitted In Death Of Elijah McClain

McClain died in 2019 after being put in a neck hold by a third officer and pinned to the ground, then injected by paramedics with an overdose of ketamine.
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN, AP

Officers Kept Elijah McClain In Neck Hold Despite Pleas Of 'I Can't Breathe,' Prosecutors Say

Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt are both charged with criminally negligent homicide, manslaughter and assault.
By COLLEEN SLEVIN, AP

Colorado Officials Plead Not Guilty In Elijah McClain Case

The police officers and paramedics pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the role they are accused of playing in the death of a 23-year-old Black man in 2019.
By Colleen Slevin, AP

Elijah McClain Was A Sensitive Black Man And That Still Didn’t Save His Life

Elijah McClain believed in the healing power of love, he played violin for kittens, and none of it was enough to convince police that he wasn't a bad person.
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