#elijah mcclain

[blondebrainpowered]

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Court reverses homicide convictions for paramedics linked to Elijah McClain’s death

The young Black man died after he was pinned down by police and injected with ketamine by paramedics.

Erum Salam at MS NOW:

The convictions of two paramedics involved in the killing of Elijah McClain were overturned Thursday by a Colorado court. McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, died on Aug. 27, 2019, in Aurora, Colorado, six days after he was forcibly detained by police and injected with a fatal dose of ketamine by emergency medical services. McClain’s cause of death was ruled “undetermined” with contributing factors including “intense physical exertion and a narrow left coronary artery.” A Colorado jury in 2023 found paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec guilty of criminally negligent homicide. Police officer Randy Roedema was convicted of criminally negligent homicide while two other officers — Jason ⁠Rosenblatt and Nathan Woodyard — were ​found not guilty on charges related to manslaughter ​and assault. McClain was arrested while he was walking home after buying iced tea from a local store. Officers said they were responding to a report of a suspicious person in a ski mask who was waving his arms. McClain’s family members said he frequently wore masks because of a health condition that made him feel cold.

What a joke this is: A court reverses the homicide convictions of two paramedics (Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec) linked to the 2019 murder of Elijah McClain in Aurora, CO.

[democracyunderground]

[nevertrump]

Elijah McClain’s last words. One of the cops involved in his murder just got aquitted

[thefreethoughtprojectcom]

Elijah McClain’s murder remains a stark example of modern policing’s systemic abuse — from racial profiling to the disproportionate targeting of Black Americans — and the near-total lack of accountability enabled by a deeply compromised justice system.

Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-watch/paramedics-who-fatally-injected-elijah-mcclain-have-their-convictions-overturned

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[arctic-hands]

Now that the Nassau County/ Long Island facemask ban is in effect, officials are claiming people with legitimate health issues are exempt from the penalty. How the fuck are they going to exempt that? Every time an immunocompromised person in NC goes out they're at risk for constant harassment by police and brutalization by pigs on a power trip.

Elijah McClain had a legitimate health issue to wear a ski mask that night in 2019. He had a blood circulation disorder and any hint of chill–even on that August night–caused him discomfort. But because he was a young Black man doing something ever-so-slightly abnormal as wearing a mask with a legitimate medical issue, he was murdered by cops AND paramedics.

This law is a eugenicist nightmare on top of the eugenics nightmare that has been the United States response to the covid pandemic. Medically vulnerable people in Nassau County will be forced to expose themselves to contagious and life-threatening diseases under threat of brutalization and a year in prison. Medically vulnerable Black people will be at even greater risk, as they always are.

This law is cruel, but when has the American legal system ever been about mercy?

[kemetic-dreams]

[radicalurbanista]

you can’t support autistic people and support the police. No amount of paint jobs or sensitivity training can stop police from killing with impunity