Former paramedic Jeremy Cooper, previously employed in Aurora, Colorado, was sentenced to four years probation, 14 months of work release, and 100 hours of community service on Friday. Cooper, along with another paramedic, Peter Cichuniec, was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the tragic death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man, in August 2019.
The paramedics were accused of recklessly administering a large dose of ketamine to McClain, who had been subdued by police. A revised autopsy report cited complications of ketamine administration following forcible restraint as the cause of McClain's death.
