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Court reverses convictions of Colorado paramedics in Elijah McClain’s death

Criminal charges against paramedics and emergency medical technicians involved in police custody cases are rare

The Independent UK · Jun 4

Judge frees Colorado paramedic convicted in death of Elijah McClain from prison

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

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2024

Former Paramedic Sentenced In Elijah Mcclain Case

Former paramedic sentenced for criminally negligent homicide in Elijah McClain's death. Controversy over ketamine use by emergency responders.

Top News · Apr 26, 2024

Who Killed Elijah McClain? Mixed Verdicts Reflect a Cascade of Ultimately Fatal Mistakes.

Juries convicted two paramedics and one police officer of criminally negligent homicide but acquitted two other cops.

Reason · Dec 27, 2023

Elijah McClain: two Colorado paramedics convicted of criminally negligent homicide in 2019 killing

EMTs Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper injected 23-year-old with high dose of ketamine in a case that sparked mass protests

The Guardian - US · Dec 23, 2023

Elijah McClain verdict: Paramedics found guilty of criminally negligent homicide

Both had pleaded not guilty charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, second-degree assault and crimes of violence

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2023

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 Independent UK · Dec 23, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2023

Paramedics who injected Elijah McClain before his death ‘did nothing’ to help him, court hears

McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, died following a police encounter in Colorado in 2019

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2023

Final trial over Elijah McClain's 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

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023