Author: Julia Cardi
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‘Excited delirium’ diagnosis aims to be discarded following McClain case, others
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When an Aurora paramedic injected Aurora resident Elijah McClain with a dose of the sedative ketamine in 2019 following a struggle with police officers, the medic believed McClain suffered from “excited delirium.” His training had taught him and other Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics that the…
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How to recycle your 2023 Christmas tree around metro Denver
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With Christmas Day over and our sights turned to the new year, it’s time to start thinking about recycling your Christmas tree. Properly disposing of trees is important to avoid the fire risk they pose as they dry out. Recycling them also helps reduce their…
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Paramedics guilty of negligent homicide — but not manslaughter — in the death of Elijah McClain
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Adams County jury found two Aurora Fire Rescue medics guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Aurora resident Elijah McClain. The jury decided decided the two men bear responsibility for their decision to inject McClain with the sedative ketamine after a…
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A mistake or a crime? Aurora paramedics’ case goes to jury
An Adams County jury now has to decide whether the decision by two Aurora paramedics to inject Elijah McClain with ketamine in 2019 was a tragic mistake or a crime. Prosecutors from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and the paramedics’ defense attorneys presented their closing arguments to jurors Wednesday afternoon. The 12-member jury will begin…
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Aurora paramedics’ defense attorneys rest case in McClain death trial
Defense attorneys for the two Aurora paramedics on trial for Elijah McClain’s 2019 death wrapped up their cases by questioning a trained paramedic from Memphis who testified that the defendants did not violate their standard of care. Robyn McKinley, an EMT lieutenant at the Memphis Fire Department, testified Tuesday she didn’t believe Jeremy Cooper and…
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Aurora paramedics testify, allege police hindered Elijah McClain treatment
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The two Aurora paramedics facing trial for Elijah McClain’s 2019 death said on the witness stand they believed a dose of ketamine was necessary to treat the extreme agitation and aggression they thought he suffered from, based on their training that the condition could turn…
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Paramedic training expert questioned about Aurora medics’ actions
A paramedic training expert struggled to explain, during a morning of tense cross-examination on Friday, why he believed he saw an Aurora paramedic take Elijah McClain’s pulse before injecting him with a dose of the sedative ketamine. Gary Ludwig, a longtime paramedic and EMT who works as a training expert in Missouri, is a defense…
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Ketamine dose didn’t kill Elijah McClain, defense experts for Aurora paramedics say
A doctor who treats living patients and another who focuses on analysis after death both testified Thursday they don’t believe the ketamine injection Elijah McClain received killed him. Kennon Heard, an emergency physician and toxicologist at UCHealth, said the 500 milligrams of ketamine McClain received was more than what his body weight called for based…
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Defense attorneys to ask for body cam to be limited in third Aurora officer’s trial
Jury selection in the trial of a third Aurora police officer charged in connection with Elijah McClain’s death is scheduled to begin this week. Ahead of the trial’s start, the officer’s defense attorneys argue the jury should not be able to hear some statements shown on body-worn camera footage made by other police officers at…
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No witnesses called in defense for Aurora officers charged in Elijah McClain’s death
The defense attorneys for two Aurora police officers charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death chose not to call any witnesses at all, setting the stage for the jury to begin deliberating early next week. The decision came Friday after Judge Mark Warner indicated he would likely instruct jurors not to consider whether the officers had…