FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A Colorado court reversed homicide convictions against two paramedics on Thursday in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was pinned down by police and injected with a fatal dose of ketamine. The appeals court ordered new trials for Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec. McClain, … Read more
The Colorado Court of Appeals reversed the criminally negligent homicide convictions for the former paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain. The decision by the court states that both men will be remanded for a new trial on that charge, which was announced on Thursday morning. Elijah McClain CBS McClain was walking home in August 2019 … Read more
Nashville, Tennessee — A lawsuit alleging Bristol, Tennessee, police officers and paramedics used excessive force on a 23-year-old man having a seizure and failed to give him access to medical care has been dismissed. A federal judge ruled Monday in favor of the city of Bristol and the officers and paramedics, who argued the statute … Read more
TEL AVIV — The main nerve center for Israel’s primary emergency service could resemble any dispatch hub in any American city — a hive of uniformed first-responders surrounded by ceiling-height monitors and an expanse of computers. But Magen David Adom’s dispatch unit in Ramla, about 12 miles southeast of Tel Aviv, is more than 100 … Read more