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October 13, 2023

One Officer Convicted of Homicide, Another Acquitted, in 2019 Killing of Elijah McClain
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In Colorado, a jury convicted Aurora police officer Randy Roedema of
criminally negligent homicide, while acquitting officer Jason Rosenblatt
in the 2019 killing of Elijah Mc Clain. Twenty-three-year-old Mc Clain,
a Black man, was walking home from the store when he was tackled by
police, placed in a carotid hold and later injected with the powerful
sedative ketamine. Elijah's outraged mother, Sheneen Mc Clain, told
reporters as she left the courtroom, "This is the divided states of
America, and that's what happens." Sentencing for Roedema is scheduled
for January; he faces up to three years in prison. A third officer and
two paramedics have also been charged and are awaiting trial.


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