"Trial Begins in Elijah McClain's Death: EMTs and Police Face Charges"

The trial of two men charged in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was placed in a chokehold by police and injected with ketamine, is set to begin this week. McClain's death in 2019 sparked protests and calls for police reform. The trial is the first of three scheduled this year, with the defendants facing charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide. The incident occurred when police stopped McClain, who was wearing a mask due to a medical condition, and applied a chokehold. Paramedics injected him with ketamine, and he later went into cardiac arrest and was declared brain dead. The trial will shed light on the circumstances surrounding McClain's death and the actions of the involved officers and paramedics.