A Second Officer is Acquitted in the Death of Elijah McClain

A jury on Monday acquitted Nathan Woodyard on charges of reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the second trial concerning the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain following an altercation with Aurora, Colorado, police.

Woodyard was the first police officer on the scene in August 2019 and put McClain in a carotid hold. He pleaded not guilty.

“We are respectful of the process in what is a very difficult case,” Woodyard’s lawyers, Megan Downing and Andrew Ho, said in a statement following the verdict. “We have never disregarded the tragic circumstances, but are relieved for what we believe is the just outcome for our client.”

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