Prosecutors and defense attorneys gave opening statements Tuesday in the trial of Nathan Woodyard.
BRIGHTON, Colo. — Jurors hearing the case against an Aurora police officer charged insaw extensive body-camera footage of the incident as the trial moved into the first full day of testimony Wednesday.
That statement led the officers to wrestle McClain to the ground, use a neck hold that briefly rendered him unconscious, and handcuff him. There is no dispute that an injection of the sedative ketamine, given by paramedics, ultimately caused McClain’s death.Prosecutors allege, however, that when Woodyard and other officers subdued and restrained McClain – and then put him in a neck hold that cut oxygen to his brain – they triggered a cascading series of medical issues that put his life in danger.
He also elicited testimony that for periods of time, Woodyard was not seen in body camera footage that showed McClain and the officers and paramedics around him. And Ho also got Tisdale to identify multiple points where two sergeants – superior officers to Woodyard and the others who confronted McClain – were at the scene.Then-Adams County District Attorney Dave Young cleared the officers of any criminal wrongdoing. Later, Gov.
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