In Colorado, former paramedic Jeremy Cooper has been sentenced to four years of probation with 14 months of work-release after he was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who was walking home from the store when he was tackled by police, placed in a carotid hold and later injected with ketamine. In March, another paramedic, Peter Cichuniec, was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in McClain’s death.