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April 29, 2024

Ex-Paramedic Involved in 2019 Killing of Elijah McClain Sentenced to 4 Years' Probation
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In Colorado, former paramedic Jeremy Cooper has been sentenced to four
years of probation with 14 months of work-release after he was found
guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah Mc
Clain, a 23-year-old Black man who was walking home from the store when
he was tackled by police, placed in a carotid hold and later injected
with ketamine. In March, another paramedic, Peter Cichuniec, was
sentenced to five years in prison for his role in Mc Clain's death.


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