Former Aurora Police Officer Receives 14-Month Prison Sentence for Death of Elijah McClain
AURORA, Colo. – A former police officer in Aurora, Colorado, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for the involvement in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, an unarmed Black man. The officer, Randy Roedema, was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault in the case. McClain, 23, died after he was detained by Roedema and two other officers and injected with ketamine during a medical intervention, leading to heart failure. Roedema …