The pathologist who performed Elijah McClain’s autopsy testified Tuesday that he was unsure if a police neck hold contributed to the Black man’s 2019 death as attorneys for two Denver-area officers…
Former Aurora Police officer Jason Rosenblatt arrives to the Adams County Justice Center in Brighton, Colorado on September 20, 2023. The jury trial for Aurora police officer Randy Roedema and former officer Rosenblatt continues as they face charges in the death of Elijah McClain.
The trial is expected to continue into next week and defense attorneys for the officers have not yet presented their case. Their questioning of prosecution witnesses already has revealed their strategy: Shift blame to the paramedics who injected the ketamine and even to McClain himself, by saying his struggles against the officers left him weakened and more susceptible to an overdose.
“Some forensic pathologists would consider this whole case an accident. I believe some forensic pathologists would consider the whole case a homicide,” Cina said. “I’m in between. The restraint may have done something, but that’s not enough for me to make it a homicide.” The encounter quickly escalated, with officers taking McClain to the ground and putting him in a neck hold, pressing against his carotid artery. Paramedics arrived and injected McClain with the sedative ketamine. He went into cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital and was taken off life support three days later.
Cina later revised his report based on additional medical information and more extensive body worn camera footage than he initially received, he said.Letters: The ban on pet-store sales in Aurora celebrated
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