*(CNN) — Aurora, Colorado police officer Nathan Woodyard ignored his training and repeatedly escalated his fatal 2019 encounter with Elijah McClain, a prosecutor said during closing arguments Friday in the suspended cop’s manslaughter trial. Woodyard, 34, has pleaded not guilty to reckless manslaughter and a lesser included charge of criminally negligent homicide. Woodyard, who remains […]
*(CNN) — Two paramedics were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide Friday in the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was subdued by police and injected with ketamine in Aurora, Colorado, in August 2019. Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec had pleaded not guilty to the felony charges. Cichuniec was also found guilty […]
*(CNN) — Defense attorneys for two police officers in Aurora, Colorado, facing charges in the death of Elijah McClain during a 2019 arrest opted to rest their case in court Friday without calling any witnesses. Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt have pleaded not guilty to charges of reckless manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault causing […]
*(CNN) — Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard was found not guilty by a Colorado jury Monday on all charges related to the death of Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who died after he was wrestled to the ground by police and injected with ketamine by paramedics in 2019. Woodyard had pleaded not guilty to […]
*The family of Elijah McClain is relieved that an independent investigation released on Monday found that Aurora police had no legal reason to stop and physically restrain him during the 2019 confrontation that resulted in his death. The 23-year-old had been walking from a local convenience store when he was confronted by three white officers […]
via Twitter * Elijah McClain’s parents have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Aurora, Colorado police and the paramedics involved with their son’s death. “We have filed this civil rights lawsuit to demand justice for Elijah McClain, to hold accountable the Aurora officials, police officers, and paramedics responsible for his murder, and to force […]
via Twitter *Last summer, Elijah McClain died after an encounter with suspected race soldiers of the Colorado police department. Officers were called after reports of a “suspicious person” in a ski mask, which McClain wore to keep his face warm due to his anemia. The 23-year-old had been walking from a local convenience store when […]
Elijah McClain – twitter *(CNN) — The autopsy report for Elijah McClain, an unarmed Black man who died while in police custody in Colorado three years ago, has been changed to update the cause of death from “undetermined” to “complications of ketamine administration following forcible restraint,” Adams County Chief Coroner Monica Broncucia-Jordan said Friday. […]
Geoff Bennett gets emotional while discussing Elijah McClain during MSNBC segment, Sept. 1, 2021 *MSNBC anchor Geoff Bennett had to pause to collect himself Wednesday while reading the last words of Elijah McClain, whose killing in 2019 led to grand jury indictments handed down earlier in the day against police and paramedics in Aurora, Colo. […]
via Twitter *A Colorado grand jury has indicted the officers and paramedics involved in the death of Elijah McClain.The charges include manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. The 23-year-old had been walking from a local convenience store when he was confronted by three white officers in August 2019. He reportedly explained that he was on his […]
via Twitter *Three Colorado police officers have been fired after they shared photos that mocked the death of Elijah McClain who was killed by members of the law enforcement last August. We reported previously that McClain had been walking from a local convenience store when he was confronted by three white officers in August 2019. […]
Elijah McClain – via Twitter *The city of #Aurora (Colorado) has agreed to pay the family of #ElijahMcClain $15 million to resolve a federal civil rights lawsuit filed over McClain’s death. According to #CBS4, three anonymous sources with knowledge of the prospective arrangement verified the amount because they were not permitted to discuss the settlement. […]
Voices for Elijah McClain *Celebrities are demanding justice for 23-year-old Elijah McClain in a new video that calls out politicians by name for ignoring public pleas. Janelle Monae, Cassie, Meagan Good and more appear in the PSA, demanding that the involved officers be held accountable for the carotid hold and ketamine injection inflicted upon McClain after they […]
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