Andy Cross/Getty Images (AURORA, Colo.) — Former paramedic Jeremy Cooper is set to be sentenced Friday after being found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the final case connected to Elijah McClain’s 2019 death. Prosecutors accused the Aurora, Colorado, paramedic and his co-defendant Peter Cichuniec of administering an excessive amount of ketamine to sedate the 23-year-old McClain after an encounter with police on August 24, 2019. According to department policy, administering ketamine to sedate a suspect is intended “to minimize time struggling.” The paramedics were accused of improperly assessing McClain medically before and after administering the dose of ketamine. Both …
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