"Ex-Officer Receives 14-Month Sentence for Role in Elijah McClain's Death"
Former Aurora police officer Randy Roedema was sentenced to 14 months in jail for his involvement in the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, in 2019. Roedema was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault. The case, which gained prominence after George Floyd's murder, led to changes in Colorado's law enforcement policies, including a ban on chokeholds and restrictions on ketamine use by paramedics. The sentencing follows the conviction of two paramedics for delivering a fatal dose of ketamine to McClain. The city of Aurora previously settled a civil rights lawsuit with McClain's family for $15 million.
