By Melissa Noel ·Updated December 4, 2023
A Colorado police officer acquitted of all charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain was reinstated to the Aurora police department on restricted duty and will receive more than $200,000 in back pay,The Denver Post reports.
Nathan Woodyard’s “reintegration” into the police force comes weeks after a jury found him not guilty of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in November.
The killing of McClain,