Elijah McClain's fatal encounter with police began on a summer night in 2019 when a 911 caller reported that the young Black man looked"sketchy" as he walked down the street wearing a ski mask and raising his hands in the air in the Denver suburb of Aurora.
A jury will decide if officers Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt are guilty of manslaughter, criminally negligent reckless homicide and assault charges in a trial expected to last about a month. They have pleaded not guilty but have never spoken publicly about the allegations against them. A revised coroner's report issued in 2021 said the cause of death was complications from the ketamine, but also noted that that occurred after McClain was forcibly restrained. Pathologist Stephen Cina wrote he couldn't rule out whether the stress of being held down by the officers may have contributed to McClain's death.
"They don't have a direct link for the police. They might have a better case against the EMTs," he said. The video shows it starting when one of the officers — Nathan Woodyard, on trial later this year — gets out of his car. He approaches McClain and says,"Stop right there. Stop. Stop ... I have a right to stop you because you're being suspicious."McClain, using earbuds, kept walking down the street, as he carried a plastic bag and his phone. Within ten seconds, Woodyard put his hands on McClain, turning him around.
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