Two Colorado paramedics went on trial on Wednesday for their alleged role in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died after police roughly detained him and medics injected him with a powerful sedative.

A Colorado prosecutor says two paramedics ”did nothing” to help an ailing Elijah McClain and instead injected him with a fatal overdose of a powerful sedative during a 2019 police stop.

McClain, 23, was injected with ketamine by paramedics after being stopped by Colorado police in 2019.

Two Colorado paramedics go on trial on Wednesday for their alleged role in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died after police roughly detained him and medics injected him with a powerful sedative.

The third and final trial over Mr. McClain’s 2019 death will examine the role of the medics who responded while the young Black man was in police custody.

Prosecutor says lethal dose of ketamine killed the 23-year-old Black man, after he had been weakened by police neck holds

In a packed courtroom, attorneys described the night Elijah McClain died. The prosecution recounted a sinister scene.