BRIGHTON: Two Colorado police officers on trial for Elijah McClain’s death ignored his cries for help as they restrained him, a prosecutor said on Wed...
FILE PHOTO: Protesters gather for a rally to call for justice for Elijah McClain in Denver, Colorado, US, November 21, 2020. REUTERSPIX: Two Colorado police officers on trial for Elijah McClain’s death ignored his cries for help as they restrained him, a prosecutor said on Wednesday in an opening statement at their trial, but defence lawyers said it was a fatal dose of a sedative administered by paramedics that killed the young black man.
On the night of the encounter, McClain was walking home from a convenience store on Aug 24, 2019. He was unarmed and appeared to be breaking no laws, but wore a ski mask and a winter coat on a warm evening.Three police arrived and nine seconds after confronting McClain they laid hands on him, according to the body camera video shown by the prosecution.
The policemen quickly wrestled McClain to the ground, applied a “carotid” chokehold twice, and handcuffed him, while McClain complained he could not breathe, vomiting repeatedly and choking. Harvey Steinberg, Rosenblatt’s attorney, told the jury the only reason the trial was taking place at all was because of political pressure stemming from the Floyd protests.
After police restrained McClain, paramedics injected him with an overdose of the powerful sedative ketamine, Bunge said. He then lapsed into cardiac arrest and died days later at a hospital. They said body camera footage shows McClain was speaking even after the officers had held him down for 15 minutes, indicating he was alive when the emergency medical responders arrived and, they argue, took control of the scene.
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