Elijah McClain was stopped in a Denver suburb in 2019 while walking home from a store. McClain was put in a neck hold and pinned down by cops before being injected by paramedics with a powerful sedative.
from WED 11:00 AM MST until WED 7:00 PM MST, Eastern Pima-Southeastern Pinal-Santa Cruz-Western Cochise, Southern Graham-Central and Eastern Cochise-Southern Greenlee-Lower Elevations of the San Carlos Apache Nation in Graham CountyA mural of Elijah McClain, painted by Thomas"Detour" Evans, is seen on the back side of the Epic Brewing building in Denver, Colorado on Thursday, June 25, 2020.
Defense attorneys did not call any witnesses, instead using questions for prosecution witnesses to make their case that the officers did not cause McClain’s death.Bodycam footage of Elijah McClain's death presented in trial of 2 cops charged with homicide Officer Nathan Woodyard — whose trial starts Friday— was the first to stop McClain. Within 10 seconds, Woodyard put his hands on McClain and turned him around. As McClain tried to escape his grip, Woodyard said, "Relax, or I’m going to have to change this situation."
Two paramedics, Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec, were also charged in McClain's death and are scheduled to go on trial in November.
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