US paramedic involved in death of Black man avoids prison
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 27, 2024
A paramedic out of the two involved in sedating a young Black man to death while he was subjected to a chokehold by US police has been sentenced to four months of probation with 14 months of work release instead of being imprisoned.
Jeremy Cooper, 49, a former paramedic with Aurora Fire Rescue, was found guilty in December of criminally negligent homicide in connection to the passing of 23-year-old Elijah McClain, who tragically lost his life following an altercation with law enforcement in Colorado.
McClain experienced a cardiac arrest while in . . .
