Closing arguments are expected on Tuesday in the trial of two Colorado police officers charged in the killing of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died in 2019 after being roughly restrained and injected with the sedative ketamine.
In the first of three trials in the case, prosecutors have argued that officers Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt
A revised autopsy report in September 2022 concluded McClain died from "complications of ketamine administration following forcible restraint." The officers put McClain in a "carotid" choke hold at least twice and held him down for 15 minutes until the arrival of medics.
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