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November 7, 2023

Second Officer Acquitted of Homicide Charges over 2019 Killing of Elijah McClain
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In Colorado, another police officer has been acquitted in the 2019
killing of Elijah Mc Clain. Mc Clain's mother, Sheneen Mc Clain, wept as
the jury declared Aurora officer Nathan Woodyard not guilty of homicide
and manslaughter. Mc Clain, a 23-year-old Black young man, was walking
home from the store when he was tackled by police, placed in a carotid
hold and injected with the powerful sedative ketamine. Woodyard was the
officer who put Mc Clain in a neck hold. Just one of the three officers
involved in Mc Clain's killing is facing prison time after being
convicted of criminally negligent homicide in October. A second officer
was also acquitted last month.


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