One Officer Convicted, The Other Found Not Guilty In The Death Of Elijah McClain

Facebook.com By Melissa Noel ·Updated October 13, 2023

A jury convicted a Denver-area police officer of homicide Thursday and acquitted another of all charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man placed in a neck hold, pinned to the ground, and injected with ketamine.

Aurora police officer Randy Roedema was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault by the 12-person jury. He faces

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