BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Jurors convicted a Denver-area police officer Thursday and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing. Roedema and another officer who was not charged held down McClain while paramedics administered the ketamine. The case initially did not receive widespread attention, but protests over the killing of George Floyd the following year sparked outrage over McClain’s death. Paramedics injected McClain with ketamine as Roedema and another officer who was not charged held him on the ground. However, Cina still was not able to say if the death was a homicide or an accident or if the officers’ actions contributed to McClain’s death.

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Persons: Elijah McClain, Randy Roedema, Jason Rosenblatt, Roedema, Sheneen McClain, Phil Weiser, McClain, Rosenblatt, George Floyd, “, ”, Jared Polis, Phil Weiser’s, Floyd, McClain’s, Jason Slothouber, Mark Warner, Nathan Woodyard, Don Sisson, Sisson, Stephen Cina, Cina, Roger Mitchell, Mitchell Organizations: BRIGHTON, Roedema, Aurora, Colorado, Howard University, D.C Locations: Colo, Denver, McClain, Colorado, Washington