Elijah McClain: Paramedic given five years in jail for death of US man - BBC News

McClain died when paramedics injected him with an overdose of ketamine after he was assaulted by police.

13 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, CBS / Mari NewmanImage caption, Elijah McClain died after police put him in a chokehold and a medic injected him with ketamineBy Max MatzaBBC NewsA paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a fatal overdose of a sedative after police put him in a chokehold has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Paramedics Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper were found guilty in December of criminally negligent homicide.

Peter Cichuniec was sentenced on Friday, and Cooper will learn his punishment at a hearing in April.

The 2019 killing of the 23-year-old black man initially received little attention from the public.

But it faced fresh scrutiny a year later after George Floyd's death in Minnesota sparked nationwide racial justice protests against police brutality.

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