Colorado Police
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Elijah McClain: Ex-police officer sentenced to 14 months in jail for role in deathThe officer, Randy Roedema, was the first and most senior law enforcement member on the scene of McClain's death and the only one found guilty for his role in the event.CrimeJan 5
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Colorado police officer convicted for role in death of Elijah McClainJurors acquitted another officer accused of contributing to the 2019 death of McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing.U.S. NewsOct 12, 2023
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Elijah McClain’s parents sue Colorado police, medical officials over 23-year-old’s deathPolice put McClain in a chokehold, and paramedics gave him 500 milligrams of ketamine to calm him down.CrimeAug 11, 2020
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Car drives through crowd at Colorado protest against racial injustice: policePolice also said a protester fired a weapon, striking at least one person who was taken to a hospital in stable condition.WorldJul 25, 2020
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Police officer who stopped Elijah McClain fired over photos reenacting chokehold"The fact that three on-duty, in-uniform police officers thought that it was appropriate to reenact the murder, jokingly, shows that the department is rotten to the core," said Mari Newman, the McClain family's lawyer who saw the photos before they were publicly released.NewsJul 3, 2020
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