The trial of two Denver-area police officers charged in Elijah McClain’s death resumes Tuesday.
saying he's having trouble breathing. Defense attorneys argue the officers were correctly performing their duties before paramedics gave McClain an overdose of a powerful sedative that led to complications causing his death.HOW DID ELIJAH McCLAIN DIE?on the night of Aug. 24, 2019 while he was walking home from a convenience store and listening to music on earbuds in the city of Aurora.
Following the protests over Floyd's death in 2020, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis directed Colorado’s attorney general to open a new investigation. Two paramedics and three officers were indicted by a state grand jury in 2021. The officers now on trial — Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt — are charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent reckless homicide and assault, all felonies. They pleaded not guilty.
Body cameras worn by the officers captured the confrontation and that footage is being used by both sides to bolster their arguments.Rosenblatt initially tried to put McClain in a neck hold but couldn’t because of his position, so Woodyard did, authorities said. The maneuver, called a carotid control hold, restricts the flow of blood to a person’s brain, rendering them temporarily unconscious. Neck restraints have been banned in many states following the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests.
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What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officersThe trial of two Denver-area police officers charged in Elijah McClain’s death resumes Tuesday
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What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officersThe trial of two Denver-area police officers charged in Elijah McClain’s death resumes Tuesday.
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What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officersThe trial of two Denver-area police officers charged in Elijah McClain’s death resumes Tuesday. Prosecutors are expected to press their case that the officers’ excessive force transformed the late-night stop of the Black man in the summer of 2019 into a fatal encounter.
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What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the criminal trial of two officersThe trial of two Denver-area police officers charged in Elijah McClain’s death resumes Tuesday.
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Testimony resumes Tuesday in joint trial of 2 Aurora police officers charged in Elijah McClain's deathOn Tuesday, testimony will resume in the joint trial of two Aurora police officers who responded on the night 23-year-old Elijah McClain was killed.
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