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Denver7 is following the second of three trials in the case of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old unarmed Black man who died a few days after he was violently arrested by Aurora police on Aug. 24, 2019.
Officers with the Aurora Police Department responded and put McClain, who was unarmed and had not committed a crime, into a neck hold. Paramedics administered the ketamine, which officials said led to cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital. Two Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics — Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper — have trials beginning Nov. 17 and 27, respectively, for charges of reckless manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault, plus sentence enhancers. The paramedics are accused of injecting a significant amount of ketamine into McClain, causing him to overdose.Wednesday, Nov. 1 Day nine of Woodyard's trial began on Wednesday morning with the defense calling Aurora Sgt. Dale Leonard as a witness.
Leonard said he did not recall McClain saying that he could not breathe, and it did not appear that way when he was at the scene. After the carotid hold, McClain was placed in the recovery position, which was on his side. At that point, Woodyard left McClain's side while other officers stayed with him, Leonard testified.
During a cross-examination by senior prosecutor Jason Slothouber, Leonard said the top priorities for the APD is officer safety, suspect safety and safety to the public. He also confirmed that when confronting a suspect, it is mandatory, when practicable, for APD to to use de-escalation techniques, like a conversation, before going hands-on with a person.
During a redirect following the mid-morning break, Leonard said he didn't put McClain into the recovery position himself because he was having discussions with the several other people who were at the scene, and other officers were with McClain. Aurora police have"no medical training," he said, aside from using tourniquets and some CPR, but officers are not trained on treatments.
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