Two paramedics in Colorado have been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and assault in the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was walking home in Aurora, Colorado in 2019. The paramedics injected him with ketamine, which led to his death three days later. The guilty verdicts are a major victory for the family of Elijah McClain and for the civil rights movement as a whole, showing that justice can be served and those responsible held accountable.
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Five individuals, including two police officers and two paramedics, have pleaded not guilty to charges related to the death of Elijah McClain in Aurora, Colorado in 2019. The charges stem from an incident in August 2019, when a 911 caller reported a man who seemed “sketchy” and the responding officers placed McClain in a chokehold and paramedics injected him with a powerful sedative. An amended autopsy report concluded that McClain would have most likely survived but for the administration of a dose of ketamine. The five individuals will be tried in three separate trials later this year.