A third officer and two paramedics facing charges in McClain's death are scheduled for trial later this year. Charges were not brought for two years after McClain's death, by which time the case along with others had sparked outrage and a national reckoning over racial injustice in American policing. The indictments followed an outcry over McClain’s death during protests ignited by the police killing of George Floyd. He called McClain’s death “tragic,” but said that finding made it hard to prove that the officers’ actions caused his death. Cina said he couldn’t rule out whether the stress of being held down by the officers may have contributed to McClain’s death.

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Persons: Black, Elijah McClain, Randy Roedema, Jason Rosenblatt, McClain, Rosenblatt, ” McClain, Nathan Woodyard, Rosenblatt . McClain, Woodyard, George Floyd, McClain’s, “, ”, Dave Young, Stephen Cina, ” Cina, Cina Organizations: BRIGHTON, — Prosecutors, Roedema, Paramedics Locations: Colo, Denver, Aurora, Minneapolis