One Colorado officer convicted and another acquitted in death of Elijah McClain

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Jurors have convicted a Denver-area police officer and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain.

Jurors convicted a Denver-area police officer Thursday and acquitted another of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became a rallying cry in protests over racial injustice in policing. Aurora Police Officer Randy Roedema was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault. The 12-person jury found Officer Jason Rosenblatt not guilty on all charges.

Despite the emotional weight of McClain’s last words captured on body camera and a story about him playing the violin in an animal shelter, the trial did not include much testimony about him or his life. A co-worker at a massage studio testified briefly about how he used to bike or run miles to work in an affluent suburb and then also run on lunch breaks. A photograph of a smiling McClain she took shortly before his death was shown to jurors during closing arguments. McClain was stopped Aug.

 

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