What to know about Elijah McClain’s death and the criminal trial of two officers

The pathologist who performed Elijah McClain's autopsy testified Tuesday that he was unsure if a police neck hold contributed to the Black man's 2019 death as attorneys for two Denver-area officers on trial for homicide sought to cast doubt about the prosecution's case. Pathologist Stephen Cina initially ruled in 2019 that McClain’s cause of death was undetermined in a case that along with the killings of George Floyd and others galvanized critics of excessive police force against Black people.