"Ex-Officer Sentenced to 14-16 Months for Elijah McClain's 2019 Death"

Former Aurora, Colorado, police officer Randy Roedema, convicted of criminally negligent homicide and assault in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, is set for sentencing today. McClain died after being restrained by police and injected with ketamine. Roedema could face probation to six years in prison. The case, which initially saw no charges, was reopened after the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, leading to the indictment of three officers and two paramedics. Two paramedics have also been convicted and await sentencing.