Elijah McClain case: Jury finds Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard not guilty on all charges

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43% : Elijah McClain case: Defendant Nathan Woodyard testifies in his own trialWoodyard, who grew up in Aurora, said he attended the city's Smoky Hill High School and went to college at Metro State University, where he studied criminal justice.
32% : Gov. Jared Polis signs sweeping Colorado police accountability billIt banned the fleeing felon rule, banned carotid and choke holds, got rid of qualified immunity for officers who acted unlawfully, required law enforcement agencies to put new use-of-force rules in effect by Sept. 1, 2020, required all officers that interact with the public to wear body or dash cameras by 2023, required body camera video to be released within 45 days in excessive force cases, included changes to reporting for grand juries and district attorneys, a duty for officers to intervene if another is using excessive force, and more.

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