2026年6月4日 晚上9:58 UTC / 路透社
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2020年11月21日，美国科罗拉多州丹佛市，州长贾里德·波利斯修改了关于麦克莱因死亡调查的行政命令后，抗议者游行呼吁为伊莱贾·麦克莱因讨回公道。此举引发担忧，认为涉案警官的指控最终可能被弱化。路透社/凯文·莫哈特 档案照片
[1/2]2020年11月21日，美国科罗拉多州丹佛市，州长贾里德·波利斯修改了关于麦克莱因死亡调查的行政命令后，抗议者游行呼吁为伊莱贾·麦克莱因讨回公道。此举引发担忧，认为涉案警官的指控最终可能被弱化。——获取授权许可，请点击新标签页查看更多
6月4日（路透社）——美国科罗拉多州上诉法院于周四下令，对两名医护人员进行重审。二人因年轻黑人男子伊莱贾·麦克莱因的死亡被判有罪，麦克莱因曾被警方制服并被注射了强效镇静剂。
麦克莱因年仅23岁，是一名按摩治疗师，2019年在丹佛郊区奥罗拉市因被举报行为可疑而被警官拦下。警方用锁喉姿势控制了他，医护人员杰里米·库珀和彼得·丘尼茨基给他注射了过量的氯胺酮，他随后不治身亡。
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这起案件推动了科罗拉多州的警方改革，其中包括禁止使用锁喉手段。
库珀和丘尼茨基在2023年被判定犯有过失杀人罪。科罗拉多州上诉法院于周四以陪审团指引存在错误为由，撤销了这两项定罪，但维持了丘尼茨基另一项二级重罪袭击的定罪。
库珀于2024年被判处14个月的工作释放计划，外加四年缓刑。
丘尼茨基于2024年获得假释出狱，此前一名法官将其刑期减为四年缓刑。
代表麦克莱因母亲和两名医护人员的律师未立即回应置评请求。
针对该案的三名警官，陪审团给出了分歧判决。
兰迪·罗代马被判定犯有过失杀人罪，杰森·罗森布拉特的过失杀人及袭击指控均不成立。
另一名警官内森·伍德亚德的过失杀人指控不成立。
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Colorado court orders retrial for paramedics in Elijah McClain case
June 4, 2026 9:58 PM UTC / Reuters
Item 1 of 2 Protesters march to call for justice for Elijah McClain after Governor Jared Polis amended his executive order regarding the investigation of McClain’s death, which has raised concerns that charges against the police officers involved may ultimately be watered down, in Denver, Colorado, U.S., November 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/File Photo
[1/2]Protesters march to call for justice for Elijah McClain after Governor Jared Polis amended his executive order regarding the investigation of McClain’s death, which has raised concerns that charges against the police officers involved may ultimately be watered down, in Denver, Colorado, U.S.,… Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tabRead more
June 4 (Reuters) – An appeals court in the U.S. state of Colorado on Thursday ordered a retrial of two paramedics convicted over the death of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who was pinned down by police and injected with a powerful sedative.
McClain, a 23-year-old massage therapist, was stopped by officers in Aurora, a Denver suburb, in 2019 after a report of suspicious behavior. Officers placed him in a neck hold, and paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec injected him with an excessive dose of ketamine. He later died.
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The case inspired police reforms in Colorado, including a ban on chokeholds.
Cooper and Cichuniec were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in 2023. The Colorado Court of Appeals reversed those convictions on Thursday, citing errors in the jury instructions, but upheld Cichuniec’s separate conviction for second-degree felony assault.
Cooper was sentenced in 2024 to 14 months in a work-release program, and four years of probation.
Cichuniec was released early from prison in 2024 after a judge reduced his sentence to four years of probation.
Attorneys representing McClain’s mother and the two paramedics did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
A jury came to a split verdict for three officers in the case.
Randy Roedema was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide while Jason Rosenblatt was found not guilty on manslaughter and assault charges.
Another police officer, Nathan Woodyard, was found not guilty of manslaughter.
Reporting by Andrew Hay in New Mexico; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani
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