
Grand jury indicts police officers and paramedics in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
CNN
A Colorado grand jury has indicted five police officers and paramedics involved in the August 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was stopped by police while walking home from a store, put in a carotid hold and then injected with ketamine, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Wednesday.
Two Aurora Police Department officers, a former officer and two Aurora Fire Rescue Paramedics each face a count of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide as part of a 32-count indictment, Weiser said. The two current officers also face assault charges and crimes of violence charges related to the assault. Two paramedics each face various assault charges including the use of a deadly weapon -- ketamine -- and face crimes of violence related to the assault charges, Weiser said.
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