A second Denver-area police officer has been acquitted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The 23-year-old Black man was put in a neck hold and injected with ketamine after being stopped by police as he walked home from a convenience store.
Literally putting ketamine in his system so they can use it as a ‘reason’ to beat and/or kill him. Cops out here lynching black men in modern daylight.
I did some research, and apparently using ketamine as a sedative is standard practice among some paramedics. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33763938/
Law enforcement who plans to beat a man to death for driving while black aren’t paramedics and shouldn’t be trusted to administer medicine of any kind.
I think they had actual paramedics administer the ketamine. They are also being tried later.
Actual last words:
I can’t breathe. I have my ID right here. My name is Elijah McClain. That’s my house. I was just going home. I’m an introvert. I’m just different. That’s all. I’m so sorry. I have no gun. I don’t do that stuff. I don’t do any fighting. Why are you attacking me? I don’t even kill flies! I don’t eat meat! But I don’t judge people, I don’t judge people who do eat meat. Forgive me. All I was trying to do was become better. I will do it. I will do anything. Sacrifice my identity, I’ll do it. You all are phenomenal. You are beautiful and I love you. Try to forgive me. I’m a mood Gemini. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Ow, that really hurt! You are all very strong. Teamwork makes the dream work. [after vomiting] Oh, I’m sorry, I wasn’t trying to do that. I just can’t breathe correctly."
Jesus Christ.
Why did it take so long to find the killer’s name?
Nathan Woodyard.
Is there a recording of this?
Poor boy didn’t any of what happened to him. This is awful to read.
I can never understand, with all the people in this country that are totally without hope or happiness, have easy access to firearms, and a fixation on dramatic spectacles… combined with no shortage of justice-dodging pigs like this one… Hmm, forgot where I was going with that.
This is America.
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Me too (😉) and I also appreciate the opportunity to learn to correct these little mistakes. I don’t know how long and in front of how many anglophones I’ve said “mooses” until someone finally pointed out that the plural of moose is moose! Lol 😂
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The headline is a little misleading. It makes it look like officers were only acquitted, which isn’t true.
3 officers were charged. 1 has already been “found guilty on charges of criminally negligent homicide and assault.” The other 2 were acquitted.
The 2 paramedics involved in forcing Elijah to overdose on ketamine are awaiting trial. Not sure why we’re trusting paramedics to give correct dosages of sedatives, but here we are.
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I hope that event lives in this fucker’s nightmares until his very last moment on earth.
It won’t.
