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Prosecutors seeking a conviction of two Colorado police officers in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain have implored a jury during closing arguments to remember that he was just trying to walk home on the night of the fatal encounter. McClain was put in a neck hold and and pinned down by officers before paramedics injected him with a powerful sedative. Witnesses testified that an overdose of the sedative killed McClain. But prosecutors say his restraint by officers triggered a series of health problems that made it hard for McClain to breathe and more vulnerable to a fatal overdose. Defense attorneys countered Tuesday that the officers had no choice but to subdue McClain after he resisted them.

Defense attorneys for two Denver-area police officers charged in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain are trying to cast doubt on whether a neck hold by police contributed to his death. Prosecutors say the officers' excessive force transformed the late-night stop of the Black man into a fatal encounter. But the pathologist who performed the autopsy in the case testified Tuesday that McClain overdosed on ketamine injected by paramedics.

Elijah McClain's mother left a Colorado courtroom in tears as prosecutors showed jurors disturbing video footage of the 2019 confrontation with police in a Denver suburb that led to McClain's death. The 23-year-old Black man died after being put in a neck hold by officers and injected by paramedics with a powerful sedative. Two Aurora officers are under trial for manslaughter and other felony charges in McClain's death.

Colorado prosecutors are focusing on police body camera footage — both raw and digitally enhanced — as they build their case against two officers charged in the death of Elijah McClain. The officers in the Denver suburb of Aurora put the 23-year-old Black man in a neck hold in 2019. He was sedated by paramedics and later died. Attorneys for the officers say their actions were in line with police policies. The defense raised numerous objections Thursday to the digitally enhanced videos, but the judge indicated he would let jurors see them. McClain's death has been raised up by protesters as a searing example of excessive force against Black people.