A Colorado paramedic was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for the death of Elijah McClain in a rare prosecution of medical responders that has left officials rethinking how they treat people in police custody.
The sole police officer convicted in McClain’s death, Randy Roedema, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide. He was sentenced to 14 months in jail in January. Two other officers who were indicted were acquitted following weekslong jury trials.
Yep, while the paramedics aren’t blameless, they were basically doing what the cops were asking. And there’s enough stories about what happens if you don’t, even if you are a paramedic/firefighter/… .
They threw these 2 medics under the bus
Yep, while the paramedics aren’t blameless, they were basically doing what the cops were asking. And there’s enough stories about what happens if you don’t, even if you are a paramedic/firefighter/… .
Yeah they did.