Colorado Ex-Officer Receives 14-Month Sentence for Killing of Elijah McClain with Chokehold and Ketamine Injection
AURORA, Colorado – Former police officer Randy Roedema has been sentenced to 14 months in jail for his involvement in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, a Black man who died after being restrained by police and injected with a powerful sedative by paramedics. McClain’s mother, Sheneen McClain, expressed her contempt for Roedema, the only law enforcement official to be convicted in the case, before the judge handed down the sentence on Friday. She condemned …