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According to recently released autopsy reports, Elijah McClain died after being given ketamine while being forced into custody.
Denver District Court Chief Judge Christopher Baumann ordered Thursday that McClain’s autopsy report be released without redaction.
The report was issued on Friday afternoon. According to the medical examiner, McClane’s cause of death in 2019 was a ketamine overdose administered by paramedics.
“Simply put, this dose of ketamine was too much for this individual, resulting in an overdose, even though his blood ketamine levels were consistent with ‘therapeutic’ blood levels. said coroner Dr Stephen Cena.
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“Without the ketamine dose, I think Mr. McClane would most likely be alive,” Sheena added.
In September, a grand jury in Colorado announced three police officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a black man who was strangled and injected with a powerful sedative in a Denver suburb two years ago. was indicted.
Aurora Police said on August 24, 2019, after McClain, a 23-year-old massage therapist, called 911 by a man wearing a ski mask who appeared to be waving, he left the store. stopped going home.
The officer strangled and pinned McClane.
Paramedics injected him with 500 milligrams of ketamine, according to the indictment. This is a good amount for someone who is 77 pounds heavier than McLane’s 143-pound frame. He lost consciousness and was declared brain dead in hospital and taken off his life support.
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Aurora City Released body camera video And call 119 before the incident.
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In the part, McClane sobbingly denies having done anything wrong. He is heard telling the cop, “Just no” and saying, “I can’t breathe, please stop.”
“He was wearing a ski mask when we showed up,” someone can be heard saying.