Tag: Elijah Mcclain
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Paramedic in Elijah McClain case sentenced to probation, work release
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly five years after the death of Elijah McClain in Aurora, the final responder prosecuted in the 23-year-old’s death was sentenced Friday, putting a symbolic end — pending appeals — to the multitude of trials and legal proceedings. Adams County District Judge Mark Warner sentenced Jeremy Cooper,…
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Colorado House bill seeks to limit police use of ‘prone restraint’ technique
A bill introduced in the Colorado House seeks to include “prone” restraint in the state’s legal definition of excessive physical force. If passed, it would require officers who employ the technique to promptly transition the individual to a “recovery position” to facilitate normal breathing. Critics of the technique say it should be abolished due to…
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Aurora detective working undercover was central to removal of prospective juror at first trial on Elijah McClain’s death
An Aurora Police detective’s observations played a pivotal role in the dismissal of a Latino juror as two officers went on trial in the death of Elijah McClain, according to a newly unsealed court document. That undercover officer told the judge in a closed-door proceeding that she overheard the man, identified only as Juror 14,…
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Only police officer convicted in death of Elijah McClain appeals verdict, alleging errors
AURORA, Colo. — The only Aurora police officer found guilty of wrongdoing in the death of Elijah McClain has appealed his conviction. Randy Roedema, 41, faces 14 months in jail and four years of probation after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault for his actions in McClain’s death. He is expected to…
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Boulder’s interim chief on police reform, Elijah McClain and JonBenet Ramsey
Stephen Redfearn has been on the scene of some of Colorado’s most high-profile tragedies — Columbine, the Aurora theater shooting, the death of Elijah McClain, and the December 2021 Marshall Fire. “It seemed like if it was going to happen, I was working,” he said in an interview from his second-floor Boulder office Tuesday. As president…
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Elijah McClain’s father arrested on suspicion of DUI
Colorado State Patrol troopers arrested the biological father of Elijah McClain Saturday after a witness reported a motorist weaving on Interstate 70 near Bennett, according to a news release. Lawayne Mosley faces charges of second-degree assault on a peace officer; driving under the influence, resisting arrest, careless driving, and possession of a weapon while under…
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How a Colorado judge decided on the sentence of former Aurora cop in death of Elijah McClain
While Elijah McClain’s mother insisted that justice was not served in the death of her son, the district judge who presided over three trials said he carefully weighed the “unequivocal” evidence against the lone police officer ultimately convicted but also considered mitigating circumstances, notably his lack of criminal history and his service to his country.…
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‘Excited delirium’ diagnosis aims to be discarded following McClain case, others
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When an Aurora paramedic injected Aurora resident Elijah McClain with a dose of the sedative ketamine in 2019 following a struggle with police officers, the medic believed McClain suffered from “excited delirium.” His training had taught him and other Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics that the…
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Paramedics guilty of negligent homicide — but not manslaughter — in the death of Elijah McClain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Adams County jury found two Aurora Fire Rescue medics guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Aurora resident Elijah McClain. The jury decided decided the two men bear responsibility for their decision to inject McClain with the sedative ketamine after a…
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No decision reached by jury in paramedics trial Thursday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Adams County jury deliberating the case of two paramedics facing charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain did not reach a decision by 5 p.m. on Thursday. That means they’ll resume deliberations on Friday morning. Aurora Fire Rescue medics Jeremy Cooper and Lt.…