Elijah

McClain Family Photo (AURORA, Colo.) — The jury has acquitted Nathan Woodyard on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the second trial concerning the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain following an altercation with Aurora, Colorado, police. Woodyard was the first police officer on the scene in August 2019 and put McClain in a […]

Mint Images/Getty Images (DENVER) — Jury deliberations have begun in the trial of Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt, two Denver police officers who are facing manslaughter charges related to the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain. The two men have pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent reckless homicide and assault charges. The trial […]

Family Photo (AURORA, Colo.) — The trial of two first responders begins today in Colorado in the case of a Black man who died following his arrest in a 2019 confrontation with police. Randy Roedema and Jason Rosenblatt, who helped restrain Elijah McClain before his death, are being tried in Aurora in connection with the […]