A Colorado appeals court on Thursday overturned the homicide convictions of two paramedics in connection with the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was restrained by police and later given ketamine by emergency responders. McClain’s repeated statements that he could not breathe drew national attention following his death. After the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis the following year, McClain’s case became one of several high-profile incidents cited in nationwide protests and calls for racial justice and police reform in 2020. #colorado #elijahmcclain #ketamine #crime