/tags/elijah-mcclain Elijah McClain en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 21:27:29 GMT /news/2024-09-13/colorado-judge-frees-paramedic-from-prison-and-gives-probation-for-role-in-elijah-mcclains-death A judge is freeing from prison a Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020. Judge Mark Warner ruled Friday that “unusual and extenuating circumstances” justified reducing Peter Cichuniec's five-year prison sentence to four years of probation. Fri, 13 Sep 2024 21:27:29 GMT /news/2024-09-13/colorado-judge-frees-paramedic-from-prison-and-gives-probation-for-role-in-elijah-mcclains-death Associated Press /news/2024-04-26/paramedic-who-injected-elijah-mcclain-with-ketamine-before-his-death-avoids-prison A Colorado judge has sentenced a former paramedic to probation in the death of Elijah McClain. Jeremy Cooper had faced up to three years in prison. Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:09:47 GMT /news/2024-04-26/paramedic-who-injected-elijah-mcclain-with-ketamine-before-his-death-avoids-prison Associated Press /news/2024-03-01/paramedic-gets-5-years-in-prison-for-elijah-mcclains-death-in-rare-case-against-medical-responders A Colorado paramedic has been sentenced to five years in prison for the death of Elijah McClain in a rare prosecution of medical responders that has left officials rethinking how they treat people in police custody. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 22:54:16 GMT /news/2024-03-01/paramedic-gets-5-years-in-prison-for-elijah-mcclains-death-in-rare-case-against-medical-responders Colleen Slevin and Matthew Brown, Associated Press /news/2024-03-01/paramedic-convictions-in-elijah-mcclains-death-spur-changes-for-patients-in-police-custody Medical responders across the U.S. are rethinking how they treat people in police custody after a jury last December handed down rare convictions against two Colorado paramedics for their roles in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 15:37:02 GMT /news/2024-03-01/paramedic-convictions-in-elijah-mcclains-death-spur-changes-for-patients-in-police-custody Colleen Slevin and Matthew Brown, Associated Press /news/2024-02-23/former-colorado-police-officer-appeals-conviction-in-black-man-elijah-mcclains-death A former Colorado police officer is appealing his conviction by a jury for his role in the death of Eljiah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after being stopped by police in a Denver suburb in 2019. Lawyers for Randy Roedema filed a notice of appeal with the state appeals court on Wednesday. Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:41:15 GMT /news/2024-02-23/former-colorado-police-officer-appeals-conviction-in-black-man-elijah-mcclains-death Colleen Slevin, Associated Press /news/2023-12-22/2-paramedics-found-guilty-in-death-of-elijah-mcclain-who-they-injected-with-an-overdose-of-ketamine Two Denver-area paramedics have been convicted in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, who they injected with an overdose of the sedative ketamine after police put him in a neck hold. The jury on Friday found Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec guilty of criminally negligent homicide. Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:10:51 GMT /news/2023-12-22/2-paramedics-found-guilty-in-death-of-elijah-mcclain-who-they-injected-with-an-overdose-of-ketamine Associated Press /news/2023-12-20/paramedics-gave-elijah-mcclain-a-sedative-he-didnt-need-leading-to-his-death-prosecutor-says A Colorado prosecutor says two paramedics failed to properly care for Elijah McClain when they overdosed the Black man with a sedative that he didn't need. Wed, 20 Dec 2023 22:54:41 GMT /news/2023-12-20/paramedics-gave-elijah-mcclain-a-sedative-he-didnt-need-leading-to-his-death-prosecutor-says Colleen Slevin, Associated Press /news/2023-12-07/paramedics-told-investigators-that-elijah-mcclain-had-excited-delirium-a-disputed-condition Two paramedics on trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain told investigators in videotaped interviews previously unseen in public that the 23-year-old Black man had "excited delirium," a disputed condition critics say is unscientific and rooted in racism. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:17:20 GMT /news/2023-12-07/paramedics-told-investigators-that-elijah-mcclain-had-excited-delirium-a-disputed-condition Colleen Slevin, Associated Press /news/2023-11-29/prosecutors-say-paramedics-ignored-elijah-mcclains-distress-after-stop-and-killed-him-with-overdose A Colorado prosecutor says two paramedics "did nothing" to help an ailing Elijah McClain and instead injected him with a fatal overdose of a powerful sedative during a 2019 police stop. Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:41:58 GMT /news/2023-11-29/prosecutors-say-paramedics-ignored-elijah-mcclains-distress-after-stop-and-killed-him-with-overdose Colleen Slevin and Matthew Brown, Associated Press /news/2023-11-27/final-trial-over-elijah-mcclains-death-in-suburban-denver-spotlights-paramedics-role The third and final trial over the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in suburban Denver after he was stopped by police is set to start. Monday's court case involves homicide and manslaughter charges against two Denver-area paramedics. Experts say the prosecution enters largely uncharted legal territory by levying criminal charges against medical first responders. Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:23:25 GMT /news/2023-11-27/final-trial-over-elijah-mcclains-death-in-suburban-denver-spotlights-paramedics-role Colleen Slevin and Matthew Brown, Associated Press