Colorado police involved in Elijah McClain’s arrest have been re-assigned
This is the Body Worn Camera footage from the August 24, 2019 contact with Elijah McClain. After a struggle Mr. McClain was transported to a local area hospital. Upon arrival at the hospital he was admitted and subsequently placed on life support. Sadly, several days later Mr. McClain was taken off life support. This content may be disturbing to some, viewer discretion is advised.
AURORA, Colo. — The three Aurora Police officers involved in the arrest of Elijah McClain have been taken off the streets and moved to other duties, the department confirmed Friday.
“This was done in an effort to protect those officers,” Det. Faith Goodrich, a spokesperson for the Aurora Police Department (APD), wrote in an email to 9NEWS.
Officers Nathan Woodyard, Jason Rosenblatt and Randy Roedema were all placed on administrative leave following McClain’s death in August 2019, but were cleared of wrongdoing in an ensuing investigation by the 17th Judicial District attorney and were allowed to return to their regular duties earlier this year.
File-In this June 6, 2020, file photo, a demonstrator gestures while joining hundreds of others at a rally for Elijah McClain outside city hall in Aurora, Colo. McClain died in August 2019 after being stopped by three Aurora Police Department officers while walking through the east Denver suburb of Aurora.
File-In this June 6, 2020, photo, hundreds of protestors turn out at city hall to call attention to the death of Blacks at the hands of local police in Aurora, Colo. Demonstrators were rallying to point to the death of Elijah McClain in August 2019 after he was stopped by three officers of the Aurora Police Department while walking through the east Denver suburb.
Demonstrators gather for a news conference Nov. 23 at the Aurora Municipal Center after police released the body camera footage of Elijah McClain, who died after being stopped by three Aurora officers in August.
A supporter holds up a shirt to call attention to the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in Aurora, during a news conference on the west steps of the State Capitol after Gov. Jared Polis signed a broad police accountability bill June 19, 2020, in downtown Denver.
Yani McClain, 8, marches behind black coffins, to represent local lives lost, during a funeral procession honoring the lives taken by Colorado Springs Police Department on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Protesters gathered at City Hall and placed black coffins at the entrances before they marched to the Colorado Springs Police Department to place the remaining coffins outside the front doors of the station. The Empowerment Solidarity Network, The Chinook Center, and Colorado Springs DSA is a coalition of support for local protests in response to the death of George Floyd and lives lost to police brutality. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
Yani McClain, 8, reacts during a candlelight vigil in honor of lives lost to police brutality and to honor Breonna Taylor who would of been 27-years-old on Friday, June 5, 2020 at City Hall in downtown Colorado Springs. Taylor, 26, was shot several times by police in Louisville, Ky., on March 13th at her apartment as officers were executing a no-knock warrant. Friday marks the seventh day of protest in Colorado Springs as part of a nation wide protest calling for justice in the death of George Floyd and taking a stand against police brutality. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
Jasmine Marchman, left, comforts Kenya McClain, center, while she cries during a candlelight vigil in honor of lives lost to police brutality and to honor Breonna Taylor who would of been 27-years-old on Friday, June 5, 2020 at City Hall in downtown Colorado Springs. Taylor, 26, was shot several times by police in Louisville, Ky., on March 13th at her apartment as officers were executing a no-knock warrant. Friday marks the seventh day of protest in Colorado Springs as part of a nation wide protest calling for justice in the death of George Floyd and taking a stand against police brutality. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
Yani McClain, 8, reacts during a candlelight vigil in honor of lives lost to police brutality on Friday, June 5, 2020 at City Hall in downtown Colorado Springs. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)