A Colorado paramedic involved in the death of Elijah McClain is set to be sentenced, marking the conclusion of a case that has garnered national attention.
Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, died in August 2019 after being stopped by police in Aurora, Colorado. Paramedics injected him with ketamine to sedate him, and he suffered cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital. McClain was later pronounced dead.