Tag: Nathan Woodyard
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Fired Aurora officer not-guilty in the death of Elijah McClain; co-defendant convicted
Jason Rosenblatt acquitted, Randy Roedema found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault
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No verdict in Aurora officers’ trial in Elijah McClain death
After one full day of deliberations Wednesday, jurors in the trial of two Aurora police officers accused of causing the 2019 death of Elijah McClain have not reached a verdict. Officer Randy Roedema and former Officer Jason Rosenblatt each face charges in Adams County of reckless manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault. Criminally negligent homicide…
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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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Jury selection begins in first of three criminal trials for Elijah McClain’s 2019 death
Jury selection began Friday for the trial of two Aurora police officers accused in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain of Aurora, about two years after Colorado’s attorney general announced their indictments by a grand jury. The trial for Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt is the first of three for the police officers and paramedics…
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Elijah McClain Case: Toxicology, use of force experts to take stand
Carotid holds, police use-of-force procedure and a selfie mocking Elijah McClain’s death were discussed Friday in a motions hearing which offered a sneak preview into one of three upcoming trials in the high-profile case. Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard was in the courtroom for the five-hour motions hearing dressed in civilian clothes. He was placed…
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First trial for officers in Elijah McClain’s death now set for September
The trials for the Aurora police officers and paramedics accused in Elijah McClain’s death have been rescheduled to the fall, pushing back the batch of trials altogether about two months. The trial of the first two officers will now start Sept. 18. 17th Judicial District Judge Mark Warner agreed at the beginning of June to…
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Adams County coroner declines to answer questions about Elijah McClain’s amended autopsy report
Coroner Monica Broncucia-Jordan cites status as potential witness in criminal cases
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Forensic pathologist: Elijah McClain died from ketamine injection, but manner of death undetermined
An amended autopsy report released Friday for Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died in 2019 after an encounter with Aurora police, confirms a forensic pathologist’s opinion that McClain died from “complications of ketamine administration following forcible restraint.” But the new report did not change his original determination that the manner of death —…
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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…