Former Colorado police officer Randy Roedema, who was involved in the 2019 death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain, has been sentenced to 14 months in a county jail and four years of probation. McClain, a young unarmed Black man, died after being restrained and sedated by police and paramedics. Roedema is the only one of the three officers prosecuted to be convicted. During the sentencing on Friday afternoon, Adams County District Judge Mark Warner cited Roedema's 'good character' and the likelihood of his rehabilitation as factors in the decision. McClain's mother referred to Roedema as a 'bully with a badge'.
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A judge sentenced an ex-Colorado police officer to 14 months in jail for his role in the death of Elijah McClain after hearing the young Black manโs mother on Friday call the officer a โbully with a badgeโ who will always have blood on his hands. https://t.co/QRmWnuDLmw
A Colorado judge sentenced former Aurora, Colo., police officer Randy Roedema to 14 months in jail on Friday for his role in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man whose death helped spur calls for law enforcement accountability. https://t.co/S8Iw10IV3M
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Ex-cop gets 14 months in Elijah McClain death, whose mother calls him 'bully with a badge' https://t.co/YmGgWRfx5O
#UPDATE: Former Colorado police officer Randy Roedema was sentenced to 14 months in jail and 4 years of probation in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was subdued by police and injected with ketamine.
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A former Colorado officer has been sentenced to 14 months in jail and four years of probation in the death of Elijah McClain. https://t.co/ZVstDXGqkx
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Former Colorado police officer Randy Roedema has been sentenced to 14 months in jail and 4 years of probation for his role in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain https://t.co/vbfPVp1w2X
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Randy Roedema, the only Aurora police officer convicted among the three charged in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, was sentenced to 14 months and four years of probation in Adams County Jail on Friday afternoon. https://t.co/dPdynmTYy8
A Colorado police officer involved in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young unarmed Black man, was sentenced on Friday to 14 months in a county jail. He was one of three police officers prosecuted for McClain's death, and the only one convicted. https://t.co/RR6cg588UD
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BREAKING: Ex-Colorado officer who killed Elijah McClain gets 14 months in jail https://t.co/H9mRRBpugr
The former Colorado officer convicted of killing Elijah McClain, who was restrained and sedated by police and paramedics, is sentenced to over 1 year in county jail. https://t.co/jOC9AXBCRT
BREAKING: The former Colorado officer convicted of killing Elijah McClain, who was restrained and sedated by police and paramedics, is sentenced to over 1 year in county jail. https://t.co/foYoaLgTGh
Former police officer faces sentencing in Elijah McClain's death https://t.co/ZVstDXFSuZ
Former Colorado police officer Randy Roedema, convicted of killing Black pedestrian Elijah McClain, is set to face a judge on Friday afternoon and learn if he's going to prison. https://t.co/1xTh0O3fGk