Colorado paramedic sentenced to 4 years for Elijah McClain's death

Former EMT Jeremy Cooper receives a four-year probation for criminally negligent homicide.
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[@lllewis2506]

Thats a slap in the face. That officer should be in prison for murder

[@randolphwh9551]

He killed that kid

[@JayDeeStormWolf]

Ketamine tf? Something is happening very sinister here thentge judge let's then off...ummm what reality is this acceptable by (lawmen)

[@TNTkeynine]

This was MURDER. Sentence the police and paramedics to LIFE.

[@jububoobaroo67]

You can't define murder apparently as misjudging a criminals weight is an easy mistake when he's pinned down by several cops fighting them. Turns out he wasn't 28 with 200lbs like most people capable of violently resisting several cops.

[@ericeandco]

The real issue is that a paralytic like Ketamine was available and allowed to be administered in the field by a paramedic in the first place. Some drugs have no place outside a hospital setting. They can’t be safely administered, monitored or mitigated.

[@oliviakahlo1]

@@jububoobaroo67he didn’t violently resist. 🙄

[@jububoobaroo67]

@oliviakahlo1 yes he did, that's why he was diagnosed with hysteria and sedated.

[@oliviakahlo1]

@@jububoobaroo67 I’ve seen footage, and he was not violent, he was terrified. Hysteria is not a diagnosis. I’m an EMT, and I support criminal penalties for everyone involved in that scenario. There are ways to calm an agitated patient with and without restraint. The use of restraint is always a final measure, and you NEVER lift and move a patient without holding proper C-spine stabilization. They murdered that kid.

[@teksight9714]

Clickbait. Not 4 years. 4 years probation.

[@jasonhare8540]

4 years probation. That's almost the same amount of time I got on probation for possession of marijuana . Ask us again why we don't like the police. 75% of them can be perfect officers but the other 25% skate by on most of what they do and that is unacceptable. I don't care who you are you have to know that's wrong.

[@ILoveMyPeople_70]

4 years probation??? Wow

[@aftonair]

He belongs in prison for murder. Never let him near a patient again.

[@martinezandy15]

4 years of probation to take a human life??

[@TOPDadAlpha]

So you can kill someone and get probation????? This is outrageous. I blame the judge... He/she could have rejected the plea deal. Have the judge removed immediately.

[@lefty5463]

Don't vote for the judge next time.

[@sunflowerprice9606]

This just hurts my heart.😢

[@lefty5463]

@@sunflowerprice9606 It hurts my heart too. This is a shame. They are sending out a clear message its ok to kill and get probation for it.

[@mjchmb]

Killed for walking to the store. Why one of them couldn’t have said let’s just let him go home.

[@primrosed2338]

Over a stupid ski mask while being black :( RIP Elijah.

[@lefty5463]

SO YOU ARE SAYING IT'S OK TO KILL ANYONE AND GET PROBATION? I THOUGHT THIS GUY WOLD HAVE GOT LIFE IN PRISON. THE SYSTEM HAS ALL WAYS BEEN BROKEN.

[@davemathews7890]

No, they're saying that it's OK to kill a Black man in Aurora CO.

[@powellaron]

Please include the word “PROBATION” in your shitty clickbait title

[@aftonair]

Thank you.

[@BKB0097]

Probation? That is some bullshit.

[@kathleensmith8518]

Did he really just get Probation??? Did I hear that right???😢

[@pepetierra31]

Where are all the good cops

[@noanyobiseniss7462]

They get run off the force by the corrupt ones.

[@nativeson9156]

Probation! Wtf!

[@b1gsteve251]

Absolutely disgracefully lenient sentence by our justice system. There was loss of life and this person gets to basically walk free.

[@lefty5463]

Yeah it's not fail. 4 year probation may end up being not much in years to come. He will walk free.

[@corenchiereynaldo2417]

And the cops........?

[@mayabreathe]

4 years probation! WTH!!!😢

[@forestforthetrees1111]

Probation????? 😢 he is only sad because he didn't want jail time. If he would give anything for a different outcome, maybe he shouldn't have injected enough to kill three horses. He's a paramedic. He knew what he was doing.

[@lefty5463]

This is a Darn Shame. There are people who killed eagle birds and other animals that are in jail for years. Why is that? Does anymore know?

[@killahkasino709]

R.i.p to the victim

[@JeffSokol604]

4 years probation is a lot different than 4 years lol

[@vomitingwithungodlyaccurac3218]

Misleading title?

[@user-rc9nf4gx3g]

He better be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his days. People are too forgiving for me.

[@lefty5463]

Year right, there's people out that don't like this.

[@CatWith-AHat]

Okay Mike Bryant

[@user-rc9nf4gx3g]

@@CatWith-AHat that’s cute

[@CatWith-AHat]

@@user-rc9nf4gx3g Unlike you Mike Bryant

[@user-rc9nf4gx3g]

@@CatWith-AHat trying too hard Certain people always get away with murder….

[@christinebolyn]

It ain't much but it's something 😮😢 Elijah you sweet soul forever in my heart ❤

[@lefty5463]

God loves each and every one of yall.

[@kimberleypalacios1969]

So sad😢

[@brokenwing2384]

RIH Elijah McClain Prayers for your family

[@vickyg2221]

4 years?

[@fck3bans]

Probation🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@dianepawlik9922]

God's justice prevails for his children.The people that did this to him will get their punishment from the Lord! That mama can rest assured that her son will get justice.Even tho the court didn't give him any.God is God!

[@fils_violet_2-rp9ww]

I pray you are right sister.

[@noanyobiseniss7462]

This is what they call a "Cop Out".

[@handsomestik]

Ireland is fighting back

[@-RichAmari]

4 year probation😳

[@Peecamarke]

Woooow, everyone prosecuted in this case got off Scott free!!

[@steverico3090]

Bruh talk about misleading title

[@tommyudo3195]

So apparently you get probation in Aurora CO for murdering a Black man walking home from the store.

[@DailySoulRefreshers]

Wow. This is crazy.

[@susanhughan2198]

4 years Probation?!?!? Your title left out the “probation” part 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@randolphwh9551]

Probation really

[@ericeandco]

Really don’t know why anyone other than a doctor would be allowed to prescribe drugs like ketamine or why it would be delivered in other than a hospital setting by an RN.

[@davemathews7890]

Four years probation is not the same as a four year prison sentence.

[@Maria-sy2cs]

4 years is too little!!!!!!! Unfair, it's a life he took away!!!!

[@notyourmama6511]

Why is a mere paramedic carrying and using a horse tranquilizer. ???

[@medic4christ777]

Mere paramedic? Do you have a clue what paramedics do for a living? We don’t drive ambulances. We practice medicine in the back of that ambulance.

[@primrosed2338]

​@@medic4christ777 you shouldn't be "practicing medicine" at all by any standards, you should be treating symptoms within your scope of practice. Sit down.

[@primrosed2338]

​@@medic4christ777

[@medic4christ777]

@@primrosed2338 Educate yourself before making foolish comments on the internet. We DO practice medicine in that ambulance, and we save lives. Show some respect for those of us out there busting our tail to make a difference, only to listen to entitled people like yourself disparaging our profession from your ivory tower of ignorance.

[@-hotrod343]

4 years that's sickening and the cops involved should have been sentenced as well

[@dalesnider8040]

This is not good for police-emt relations

[@kwesiwillacy4644]

The real villain wears a badge.

[@CrescentNubianQueen]

JUSTICE EITHER FROM THE COURT OR ON THE STREETS! I FEEL THAT PAIN FROM ELIJAH MCCLAIN’S MOTHER✊🏾 REST IN POWER ELIJAH

[@LindaDavis-iq9zj]

They repeated this exact behavior on my son within a couple of weeks after they killed Elijah. They didn't learn then, they aren't held responsible now. My son is still breathing, he fought back. He served time. The officers did not. My son served time for defending himself, the EMTs did not. Again, vengeance is the Lord's alone. In His heat of anger and day of vengeance may the Lord bless the Mothers with justice for their sons and allow each of us to see, hear, and know the manner in which each justice, on each demon, has transpired. In Christ Jesus name. Amen.

[@majorp32]

That’s it?

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

4 years of probation is it? Typical BS when killing a black man, and he only wishes he hadn't been CAUGHT, as killers are never truly 'sorry.' Why are EMTs carrying Ketamine, a horse tranq anyway?

[@Karen_White]

Is he MAGA?

[@reinabombela4220]

First time hearing of this what did the EMT do negligent?

[@lefty5463]

He got away with killing a guy. The guy is in the ground 6 feet under while this prick is still walking around free.

[@primrosed2338]

Administered dose of ketamine to an individual, while handcuffed, not experiencing delirium of any sort. Gross heinous negligence.

[@Javiers-gt8ou]

🙏🏻Real justice ⚖️ 🙏🏻

[@mv4463]

May all these men never have to repeat this event they created..as a spectator for their own families. O ly then does the reality of their actions hit home . For then the reality of the loses is seen it its truest form of intentional willfulness to inflict unjustified harm.

[@johnayacko8120]

wow.

[@HouseWashingRick]

Do what the police ask you to do and you will see another day of life simple as that

[@spacecatboy2962]

he should have got life in labor prison

[@zeroconsequence9058]

Nope

[@phippsnetwork3599]

Anyone wrote what they need to speak not coming frm there heart... more likely art

[@michael635]

🤬

[@rauljulia9557]

So was he supposed to weigh the guy first?

[@MrMegatron2011]

During emergency response there is a likelihood of getting the dosage wrong because there is a need to get the dosage right the first time. So there is a tendency to compensate by getting more than its required. That's why the judge erred on the side of caution. Maybe its good to hear the lives he has saved in his career before judging too quickly.

[@primrosed2338]

Actually according to Colorado Public Health protocol, which oversees Emergency services in conjunction with Emergency Health, he should have consulted the Physician ER before administering that medication.

[@piku5637]

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[@jububoobaroo67]

Medical accident, only mistake was misjudging his weight.

[@primrosed2338]

No. What a gross misinterpretation.

[@jububoobaroo67]

@primrosed2338 that's actually what happened. He got 150 percent of a dose for his weight, because he was pinned under cops and it's not like they could use a scale.

[@user-oq4xo7dm7b]

😃☝️🫐🇺🇸 THIS INTELLIGENT YOUNG MAN OF COLOR🤎🖤 DID NOT DESERVE THIS!!! RIP🫂😢🙏🌹

[@Howiex-is8gq]

Accidents happen... her son caused it......

[@brokenwing2384]

I think you better check the facts on this case. Clearly, Elijah was a nerd. Once you check the facts then maybe you should edit or delete this comment.

[@Facetiously.Esoteric]

What's it like to have no morals nor a conscience?

[@peterdarker1]

This is your EDITED gibberish??

[@DgurlSunshine]

ROPE

[@helpme100]

Justice!! Because that person should be here!