Published By: Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Last Updated: November 07, 2023, 09:01 IST
Los Angeles, United States of America (USA)
Aurora, Colorado, Police Officer Nathan Woodyard, centre, is flanked by his legal professionals, during an arraignment after being charged within the 2019 loss of life of Elijah McClain on the Adams County Justice Center. (Image: AP Photo)
Nathan Woodyard was accused of placing a chokehold and injecting ketamine inflicting the loss of life of Elijah McClain.
A white police officer was discovered not responsible Monday within the loss of life of a Black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with ketamine during his arrest.
A jury within the western state of Colorado cleared Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard of reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent murder within the loss of life of Elijah McClain, whose August 2019 loss of life sparked public outrage.
The not responsible verdict got here lower than a month after a jury convicted fellow officer Randy Roedema of criminally negligent murder and third-degree assault and acquitted Jason Rosenblatt.
Roedema is because of be sentenced in January.
McClain died a number of days after a battle with police, and after being injected with ketamine — a strong sedative — by attending paramedics. The case prompted a celebrity-backed on-line petition calling for justice when the main points got here to gentle.
Police had responded to a name a couple of “suspicious” Black male “acting weird” on the street and carrying a ski masks.
One officer mentioned McClain, who was unarmed, had reached for an additional officer’s gun.
No proof was produced to assist this declare.
McClain’s household advised media he had been out shopping for iced tea, and infrequently wore the masks to remain heat as a result of he suffered from anemia.
McClain’s loss of life occurred months earlier than the killing of one other Black man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis in May 2020, triggered a nationwide reckoning over racism and police brutality.
The responding paramedics — Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper — are set for trial within the coming weeks, CNN reported.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
