Elijah Mcclain
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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, 2024
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Colorado paramedics found guilty for role in 2019 killing of Elijah McClainThe paramedics were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide for injecting McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, with an overdose of ketamine after police put him in a neck hold.U.S. NewsDec 22, 2023
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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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Police handcuff Black girls after mistaking van for stolen motorcycle in ColoradoPolice in Aurora, Colo., have apologized for mistakenly stopping the family, which included four children between the ages of 6-17.TrendingAug 4, 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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Elijah McClain’s family to conduct probe into why police were cleared in his deathLawyer Mari Newman told The Associated Press the decision reflects her suspicions toward government investigations of cases of alleged police misconduct.NewsJun 26, 2020
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Colorado to probe death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who police put in chokehold"Elijah McClain should be alive today, and we owe it to his family to take this step and elevate the pursuit of justice in his name to a statewide concern," Gov. Polis said in a statement.NewsJun 25, 2020
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