‘My Neck Is Broken’: Connecticut Cops Avoid Jail Time and Pay $15 Fines After Black Man Paralyzed During ‘Rough Ride’ In Police Van Without Seatbelt
In an incident reminiscent of the Freddie Gray tragedy, Connecticut cops placed a handcuffed Black man in the back of a police van without restraining him before coming to a sudden stop in 2022, hurling the Black man headfirst into a metal partition, paralyzing him from the neck down. The five New Haven police officers…
