Officers, paramedics plead not guilty in connection with death of Elijah McClain
The police officers and paramedics involved in Elijah McClain's death were arraigned Friday. Five Aurora, Colorado, first responders pleaded not guilty in an arraignment Friday on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, among other counts, in the death of Elijah McClain. McClain died in 2019 after being stopped by police, placed in a chokehold and injected with ketamine as a sedative. The five defendants' cases will be split into three separate proceedings, according to a Wednesday court order from Adams County District Court Judge Mark Douglas Warner. MORE: Arraignment for defendants charged in Elijah McClain's death postponed again Aurora police officers Nathan Woodyard and Randy Roedema, former officer Jason Rosenblatt and paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Pet er Cichuniec were indicted on a total of 32 counts related to McClain's violent arrest and death in August 2019. Cooper and Cichuniec, who injected the ketamine, will be tried together....