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Paramedics Scared Straight.
“I’m just different, that’s all.”
Those were the words of 23-year-old Elijah McClain as he pleaded with Aurora, Colorado, police officers on August 24, 2019. In his mind, he was different, but in the mind of a cowardly bigot hiding behind the wall of their house and peeping through their window — he was typical.
He did not differ from every Black person (in the eyes of a bigot) who is a perceived threat — a menace to society.
He was a ubiquitous character. He matched the description of 42 million Black Americans — and in the minds of some people, that could make you a suspicious person who is up to no good. The color of his skin made Elijah McClain, like countless other African Americans, subject to being deemed suspicious.
But For A Bigot Labeling Elijah McClain As Suspicious, (“Sketchy”) Colorado Police and Paramedics Would Not Have Killed Him.
Elijah McClain’s story is familiar, weaves itself into history, and fits the description of many stories with similar endings. Let’s pick a story from the hat — the murderous George Zimmerman vs Trayvon Martin story. In 2014, George Zimmerman stalked, harassed, and badgered 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, then shot and killed him.
Why? Just because he could, and there would be no consequences. Zimmerman became a celebrated hero, and Ku KLUX Klan members filled his coffers with cash. One would think Zimmerman killed one of America’s Most Wanted.
Killer George Zimmerman On The Right with Defense Atty Don West
“What Is Sport To You Is Death To Me, Says The Hunted To The Hunter.”
On August 23, 2019, Paramedics Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper crossed the line from being lifesavers to hunters and killers. They saw Elijah McClain as a game, a bucking bronco to be tamed, so they injected him with a lethal dose of PCP, 500 milligrams of ketamine, instead of 75 to 125 mg. It killed him. On December 22, a jury of their peers found them guilty of willfully causing McClain’s death.
It was the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Twenty-three-year-old McClain wore a face mask as he walked down the street. The police must investigate complaints. Police officers must de-escalate tensions when dealing with agitated members of society.
According to the 9-1-1 recording of McClain’s interaction with PD, upon meeting with McClain, Office 1 ordered McClain to stop.
Officer: Do me a favor. Stop right there. Hey, stop right there.
McClain: I have a right {inaudible}
Officer: Stop. Stop. I have a right to stop you because you are being suspicious.
McClain: Well, okay.
Officer: Turn around. Turn around.
McClain: I see your {inaudible}
Officer: Turn around. Stop. Stop tensing up, dude.
McClain: Let go of me.
Officer: Stop tensing up, bro. Stop tensing up.
McClain: Let go of me.
Officer: Stop tensing up.
McClain: Let me go.
Officer: Stop tensing up.
McClain: No, let me go.
McClain: No, I’m an introvert.
Officer: Stop tensing up.
Eventually, officers Nathan Woodyard, Jason Rosenblatt, and Randy Roedema would choke McClain to death. To justify the killing in their minds, they concocted a story that McClain was reaching for Rosenblatt’s gun.
“I don’t do that stuff. I don’t do any fighting. Why would you choke me?”
“I don’t do any fighting. I don’t even kill flies. I don’t even eat meat. But I’m not a vegetarian. I don’t judge people or anything. I try to live in secret, and I respect all life.”
They proved to him they were brute beasts, everything McClain told them he was not.
When Paramedic Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper arrived on location, they observed McClain near death, lying on the ground. They crossed a line from lifesavers to killers — just for fun.
They shot him up with 500 milligrams of ketamine — more than enough to sedate a horse.
Several reporters in legacy media complained about the guilty verdict handed down to Paramedic Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper. They claim “it will have a chilling effect on paramedics doing their jobs nationwide.” The state prosecuted the two paramedics for criminally negligent homicide, manslaughter, and second-degree assault.
A jury found ex-police Randy Roedema guilty of criminally negligent homicide.
Killer Paramedic Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper
No, it will not. Most paramedics do their jobs as prescribed. The only effect the verdict will have is to scare straight paramedics with criminal intent on their minds. Those two vicious killers, when they administered the fatal overdose of ketamine to Elijah McClain, they knew exactly what they were doing when they killed him.
Just before he succumbed to the combination of the chokehold and ketamine, Elijah McClain’s last words on the scene were, “Please forgive me. All I was trying to do was to become better.”
Clinton Franklin is a formally trained Computer Scientist and a writer at heart. Clinton is an avid observer of nature and a lover of people and diverse cultures. He adheres to the adage, “Think globally, but act locally.”
It is crucial to be forward-thinking but not a forward person. “Be kind to everyone you meet because each carries his heavy burden…” Plato.
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