by | Jun 21, 2023 8:51 am | Comments (4)
Lorenzo Boyd and Gary Winfield at WNHH FM.
Three years after the murder of George Floyd sparked a national reckoning, Lorenzo Boyd and Gary Winfield continue working step by step to recraft the way Connecticut approaches policing and criminal justice.
Continue reading ‘3 Years After Floyd Murder, Some Progress Seen’
by | Jun 20, 2023 4:53 pm | Comments (4)
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Mayor and newly sworn officer shake on it.
New Haven’s newest police officer got a little help with his swearing-in Tuesday afternoon.
by | Jun 20, 2023 9:06 am | Comments (10)
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Hamden mayoral candidates Walter Morton IV, Lauren Garrett at WNHH FM.
As Hamden’s search for a police chief enters its second year, two mayoral candidates agree the acting one is doing a good job.
They won’t say if that means he should get the permanent slot.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Mayoral Candidates Differ On Chief Process -- But Not The Chief’
by | Jun 19, 2023 11:57 am | Comments (15)
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Attorney Schachter: "No way a reasonable tenant would conclude the eviction's over."
A Hill landlord won a judge’s permission to proceed with an eviction case despite having written what a tenant’s lawyer argued was a confusing letter.
by | Jun 18, 2023 4:35 pm | Comments (9)
A New Haven firefighter underwent surgery Sunday after someone shot him in the parking lot outside Cody’s Diner on Water Street.
by | Jun 16, 2023 12:45 pm | Comments (9)
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Team Yale triumphant after Thursday's tournament.
Hip-hop music blasted and dozens of police officers and community members watched as Team Yale glided across the Goffe Street Park basketball courts, swiftly defeating Team True Blue 17 – 1 to win the latest annual “Cops & Ballers” tournament.
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by | Jun 15, 2023 2:57 pm | Comments (33)
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Kishaun Jenkins: Celebrating "the coolest spot to be."
A Boston-based affordable housing developer has dropped its plans to buy a Kensington Street public park and construct 15 new apartments in its stead — prompting the Elicker administration to move to end a related years-long lawsuit on the grounds that the contested public greenspace will remain public and green.
by | Jun 15, 2023 8:55 am | Comments (10)
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Officer Daniel Evans: "This is what I signed up for."
Officer Daniel Evans didn’t know when he reported to work that he would need to rush to save a man from leaping to his death. But when the moment arrived, he was ready — because he had prepared.
by | Jun 14, 2023 4:19 pm | Comments (12)
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Pepe Vega (center): "I've been affected by gun violence my whole life."
When is “snitching” about violent crime worth the social and physical risks to the individual speaking up?
And when is it necessary to protect the community from future gunfire attacks?
by | Jun 13, 2023 5:17 pm | Comments (15)
Key video-recorded moments of the Randy Cox incident.
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Kayla Vinson and John Velleca at WNHH FM: "Those are fireable offenses."
New Haven sent a signal by firing officers who paralyzed Randy Cox — with different interpretations of what that signal is.
by | Jun 13, 2023 1:43 pm | Comments (4)
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Carmon and attorney Doug Lieb in court Tuesday ...
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... and outside on Church Street, a free man.
Nearly seven months after granting Adam Carmon a new trial for the 1994 murder of baby Danielle Taft, state Superior Court Judge Jon Alander dismissed the case entirely on Tuesday.
“Mr. Carmon,” the judge said, “the criminal justice system failed you.”
by | Jun 13, 2023 9:07 am | Comments (4)
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Protest organizer Gaylord Salters: "Over 1,000 years of life" taken unjustly.
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As Maleek Jones waited within the walls of a Suffield prison, his voice reached the 25 protesters calling for his freedom by way of a recording: “I just have a hope that somehow, justice will find me,” Jones said as protest footage flashed across a TV screen.
Continue reading ‘Police Misconduct Protesters Press For Probe’
by | Jun 12, 2023 4:55 pm | Comments (2)
Police Chief Karl Jacobson is eliminating one level of oversight and asking one supervisor to “double up” in the wake of two top-level retirements in his department.
by | Jun 12, 2023 1:15 pm | Comments (1)
Police are still trying to identify a dead body found floating in the Quinnipiac River in Fair Haven Sunday afternoon.
by and | Jun 9, 2023 11:39 pm | Comments (39)
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Attorney Crump: "This settlement sends a message to the country that we know we must be better than this."
Mayor Elicker on Saturday: "We wanted to make sure we made a statement and did right by Randy and his family."
(Updated) The City of New Haven has agreed to pay $45 million to Richard “Randy” Cox to end a lawsuit stemming from paralyzing injuries the 36-year-old Black New Havener suffered while in police custody — marking the largest municipal settlement in a police misconduct case in this country’s history.
by | Jun 9, 2023 9:57 am | Comments (0)
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Gaylord Salters at WNHH FM.
Gaylord Salters’ brother never got to live out his second-chance life. Salters is getting his own second chance — and has assembled a brotherhood of other people who were freed from prison because of government wrongdoing to work toward eliminating the need for second chances.
by | Jun 8, 2023 3:02 pm | Comments (3)
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Krystal Woodhouse: "Everybody needs to be held accountable."
With tears streaming down her face, Krystal Woodhouse thanked police for arresting the man who allegedly murdered her son — and pleaded with anyone listening to come forward, talk to the cops, and do their part to help stop the cycle of violence that took her first-born two and a half years ago.
Continue reading ‘Alleged Murderer Caught; Victim's Mom Relives "Worst Nightmare"’
by | Jun 8, 2023 10:32 am | Comments (1)
A 41-year-old New Havener named Jose Rodriguez lost his life in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday night.
by | Jun 7, 2023 6:34 pm | Comments (9)
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Luis Rivera, a now-ex officer who was fired by the police commission on Wednesday, along with Jocelyn Lavandier.
One year after Richard “Randy” Cox suffered paralyzing injuries while in police custody, city police commissioners voted to fire two of the officers involved in the arrestee’s mishandling — with plans in place to vote on firing two more officers later this month.
by | Jun 7, 2023 4:09 pm | Comments (7)
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Officer Chin: Daily dilemmas.
While policymakers and politicians and activists and boards of nonprofit organizations continued to debate how to end homelessness, Police Officer Christopher Chin had to figure out what to do with Michael.
Right then. In the rain. On a Saturday at 8:52 a.m.
by | Jun 7, 2023 4:03 pm | Comments (4)
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Christine White, mother of the murder victim, at center at Wednesday's press conference surrounded by the victim's stepfather, Norman Bendolph, and aunt, Janice Holley.
Marshals in North Carolina caught up with a 22-year-old man accused of committing a New Haven murder after twice getting out of prison for other crimes.
Continue reading ‘Alleged Murderer Nabbed; Previous Releases Questioned’
by | Jun 7, 2023 2:57 pm | Comments (17)
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Blasting tunes? Time to pay up. Soon. Maybe?
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Police Chief Jacobson and Lt. McDermott at Tuesday's committee meeting.
Watch out, Long Wharf music blasters — the volume on your $10,000 car-attached speaker systems may be lowered soon, now that alders have advanced a bill that would lead to higher fines and confiscated equipment for illegally loud motor vehicles.
by | Jun 5, 2023 5:42 pm | Comments (16)
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Attorney Norm Pattis and gun owner rights advocate Brandon Tischer Monday at Church Street presser.
Gun owners took aim at Gov. Ned Lamont Monday even before he wielded a pen to try to curtail gun violence.
by | Jun 5, 2023 2:47 pm | Comments (13)
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Judge Spader and Inspector Ortiz: "What should I tell them to do?"
Judge Walter Spader, Jr. had had enough with the lawyers arguing before him.
So, black robes swishing above his brightly hued checkered button-down shirt, he stepped down from his judicial bench to interview a key witness himself.
by and | May 30, 2023 4:40 pm | Comments (43)
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Dets. Larnell Jackson and Thomas Blaisdell canvassing Shelton Ave. on Tuesday.
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Marc Mulongo.
A 16-year-old Congolese immigrant was shot and killed steps away from the Newhallville driveway where he would shoot hoops for hours each day.