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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Colleen Slevin and Matthew Brown

2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamine

2023 The Denver Post, Medianews Group

A Colorado jury has acquitted Nathan Woodyard, a police officer involved in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, an unarmed Black man.

McClain’s death helped ignite nationwide protests against police brutality and racism in 2020 and helped influence the state to ban certain police neck restraint techniques.

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