Elijah McClain, an unarmed, 23-year-old Black man, died in 2019 after being arrested in Colorado. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe case initially did not receive widespread attention, but protests over the killing of George Floyd the following year sparked outrage over McClain's death. Their attorneys blamed McClain's death on the paramedics for injecting him with ketamine, which doctors said is what ultimately killed him. 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, McClain, —, Randy Roedema, Jason Rosenblatt, McClain's, Sheneen McClain, Phil Weiser, George Floyd, Jared Polis, Phil Weiser's, Floyd, Roedema, Rosenblatt, Jason Slothouber, Mark Warner, Nathan Woodyard, Don Sisson, Sisson, Harvey Steinberg, Stephen Cina, Cina, Roger Mitchell, Mitchell Organizations: Service, Colorado, Howard University, D.C Locations: Colorado, Denver, Washington