— A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine avoided prison and was sentenced to probation Friday after hisJeremy Cooper faced up to three years in prison. He administered a dose of the sedative ketamine to McClain, 23, who had been forcibly restrained after The sentencing caps a series of trials that stretched over seven months and resulted in the convictions of a police officer and two paramedics.
Harris added that the two officers' acquittals of the two officers following weekslong trials were unsurprising, since juries are often reluctant to second guess the actions of police and other first responders. for criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault, the most serious of the charges faced by any of the responders. It was the shortest sentence allowed under the law.
The second autopsy said McClain died because he was injected with ketamine after being forcibly restrained. Cooper injected McClain with ketamine after police stopped him as he was walking home. Officers later referenced a suspicious person report. McClain was not armed, nor accused of breaking any laws.