Elijah McClain's death: Cop acquitted in 2nd trial of police officers
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The jury acquitted officer Nathan Woodyard in the second trial in connection with the death of Elijah McClain following a 2019 altercation with Aurora, Colorado, police.

A jury on Monday acquitted Nathan Woodyard on charges of reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the second trial concerning the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain following an altercation with Aurora, Colorado, police.

Woodyard was the first police officer on the scene in August 2019 and put McClain in a carotid hold. He pleaded not guilty.

We are respectful of the process in what is a very difficult case," Woodyard's lawyers, Megan Downing and Andrew Ho, said in a statement following the verdict. "We have never disregarded the tragic circumstances, but are relieved for what we believe is the just outcome for our client."

"Today's verdict is not the one we hoped for, but we respect the jury system and accept this outcome," Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said, in part, in a statement. "I thank the jurors for serving and performing their civic duty."

  • trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    252·
    1 year ago

    When EMTs arrived at the scene, McClain was given a shot of 500 milligrams of ketamine for "rapid tranquilization in order to minimize time struggling," according to department policy, and was loaded into an ambulance where he had a heart attack, according to investigators.

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      12·
      1 year ago

      I’ve had some significant ket in my life but half a fuckin gram?

      A hole is 1mg/kg of body weight. 500mg could put down a… car.

      I’ve done 100-150mg+ (more than I should have for my body weight) and it was the most intense, horrific time I’ve ever had (way more intense than DMT breakthroughs) and that’s like four times less than what this dude was given.