Tag: Jeremy Cooper
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Paramedic in Elijah McClain case sentenced to probation, work release
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly five years after the death of Elijah McClain in Aurora, the final responder prosecuted in the 23-year-old’s death was sentenced Friday, putting a symbolic end — pending appeals — to the multitude of trials and legal proceedings. Adams County District Judge Mark Warner sentenced Jeremy Cooper,…
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How a Colorado judge decided on the sentence of former Aurora cop in death of Elijah McClain
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While Elijah McClain’s mother insisted that justice was not served in the death of her son, the district judge who presided over three trials said he carefully weighed the “unequivocal” evidence against the lone police officer ultimately convicted but also considered mitigating circumstances, notably his lack of criminal history and his service to his country.…
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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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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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No decision reached by jury in paramedics trial Thursday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Adams County jury deliberating the case of two paramedics facing charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain did not reach a decision by 5 p.m. on Thursday. That means they’ll resume deliberations on Friday morning. Aurora Fire Rescue medics Jeremy Cooper and Lt.…
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Weiser: Aurora police have pattern of racial bias, misconduct
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser says his office wants Aurora police to submit to state oversight after an investigation found a pattern of racial bias and misconduct in the ranks. In the department that caused outcry with the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black…