The Latest Breaking News from Elijah McClain

Elijah McClain: officers to enter pleas to charges in death of Black man put in chokehold

23-year-old died after Colorado police put him in a chokehold and injected him with a large dose of the powerful sedative ketamine

The Guardian - US · Jan 20, 2023

Colorado officials head to court in Elijah McClain's death

A group of police officers and paramedics are scheduled Friday to enter pleas in Colorado court to charges in the death of a 23-year-old Black man who was forcibly restrained and injected with a powerful sedative

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

Psyched: Autopsy Reveals Death By Ketamine, LSD-Like Drugs Without Hallucinations, DEA & Right To Try Psilocybin

Amended Autopsy Confirms Elijah McClain Died From Ketamine Injected By Paramedics Called By Cops

Benzinga · Sep 30, 2022

Colo. man Elijah McClain died of ketamine toxicity after arrest, newly updated autopsy report says

DENVER — The Adams County coroner’s office changed Elijah McClain’s cause of death from “undetermined” to ketamine toxicity after reviewing additional evidence during the grand jury investigation into his death, according to an updated autopsy report released Friday.

The Denver Post · Sep 23, 2022

Elijah McClain cause of death quietly ruled as ketamine as police face charges for violent 2019 arrest

Unarmed 23-year-old told police, ‘I can’t breathe’

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

Amended autopsy: Black man died due to sedative, restraint

A Black man who died after a police encounter in a Denver suburb in 2019 died because he was injected with a powerful sedative after being forcibly restrained

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

Citing death of Elijah McClain, Aurora officials take hard look at sedatives

DENVER — Aurora officials are debating how to regulate the use of sedatives by paramedics following the high-profile 2019 death of Elijah McClain, who died after a violent encounter with police that ended with paramedics injecting him with ketamine.

The Denver Post · Sep 22, 2022

Judge: Amended McClain autopsy can be released if redacted

A Colorado judge has partially granted a request by news organizations to release an amended autopsy report for Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after a 2019 encounter with police

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022

Protester: San Francisco paramedic sedated her involuntarily

A protester is suing the city of San Francisco claiming that a San Francisco paramedic injected her with a sedative while she was handcuffed after being removed from a Golden State Warriors game for demonstrating in favor of abortion rights

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2022

Officer's camera misses key moment of Patrick Lyoya's death

Body camera footage of Patrick Lyoya’s fatal encounter with a Michigan police officer shows a close-up view of an intense struggle -- but the video goes dark 42 seconds before the officer shoots the Black man in the head

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022