Paramedic sentencing in Elijah McClain's death caps trials that led to 3 convictions
Source: Associated Press
Paramedic sentencing in Elijah McClains death caps trials that led to 3 convictions
BY COLLEEN SLEVIN AND MATTHEW BROWN
Updated 1:42 AM EDT, April 26, 2024
DENVER (AP) Almost five years after Elijah McClain died following a police stop in which he was put in a neck hold and injected with the powerful sedative ketamine, three of the five Denver-area responders prosecuted in the Black mans death have been convicted.
Experts say the convictions would have been unheard of before 2020, when George Floyds murder sparked a nationwide reckoning over racist policing and deaths in police custody.
But McClains mother, Sheneen McClain, said justice has not yet been served. Previously, she has said the two acquitted Aurora police officers, as well as other firefighters and police on the scene, were complicit in her 23-year-old sons murder and that they escaped justice.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/elijah-mcclain-paramedics-police-trial-c2a7d4a0883588c4dc87993ebe6bb472
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Related from the Associated Press:
At least 16 people died in California after medics injected sedatives during encounters with police
At least 15 people died in Texas after medics injected sedatives during encounters with police
At least 17 people died in Florida after medics injected sedatives during encounters with police
hlthe2b
(102,448 posts)Horrendous loss of her son, but I hope she can continue to fight this issue.
captain queeg
(10,273 posts)I read one of the linked articles at the bottom, the one about California deaths. They dont use ketamine. They use versed (midzolapam probably spelled that wrong). Any of that stuff could potentially kill you but ketamine is defined as a disassotiative.
hlthe2b
(102,448 posts)It is typically used at lower doses (where some sedative and analgesic effects are obtained) with midazolam or valium (which are sedatives). In those instances, it is very effective for the indicated uses in both humans and animals.
High-dose ketamine in a potentially panicking, hypoxic, or improperly restrained stressed individual can be dangerous.