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A neck hold that Denver-area police used on Elijah McClain prior to the Black man's 2019 death lasted only seconds but has emerged as a focal point in the first criminal trial against officers and paramedics charged his death.
Jason Rosenblatt and Randy Roedema were indicted in the 2019 Colorado death of McClain who died after a struggle with officers and aketamine injection by paramedics.
After testimony yesterday from the Adams County contracted pathologist that called the manner of death “undetermined,” Dr. Roger Mitchell looked at the same evidence and came to a different conclusion.
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A neck hold that Denver-area police used on Elijah McClain prior to the Black man’s 2019 death lasted only seconds. But it's emerged as a focal point in the first criminal trial against officers and paramedics charged in his death. Defense attorneys for the first officers to go on trial closed their case Friday without calling any witnesses. Rather, they sought to use the prosecution’s own witnesses and video that’s been shown repeatedly to jurors to make their case that the officers’ actions weren’t to blame. Criminal charges were brought in 2021 after a national racial reckoni...