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Prosecutors say paramedics ignored Elijah McClain's distress after

stop and killed him with overdose

By Colleen Slevin and to the officers during open-
Matthew Brown ing statements in the final
Associated Press jury trial over McClain’s
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — 2019 death in a Denver
A Colorado prosecutor suburb. One said there was
said Wednesday that two not much the paramedics
paramedics "did noth- could do as police pinned
ing" to help an ailing Elijah down McClain, with a ser-
McClain as he lay on the geant at one point step-
ground and instead inject- ping on McClain's legs and
ed him with an overdose another officer slamming
of a powerful sedative that him to the ground.
killed the 23-year-old Black The trial is expected explore
man after officers forci- largely uncharted legal ter-
bly restrained him as he ritory because it is rare for
walked home from a con- medical first responders to
venience store. face criminal charges.
Defense attorneys, how-
ever, sought to shift blame Continued on Page 2
Paramedics Jeremy Cooper, left, and Peter Cichuniec, right,
attend an arraignment at the Adams County Justice Center in
Brighton, Colo., on Jan. 20, 2023.
(Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP, File)
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The district of Savaneta

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Sea turtle conservation by

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