New Haven prosecutors dropped criminal charges against Randy Cox, a Black man left paralyzed after his calls for help were ignored by police.
Jaden Edison
Jaden is CT Mirror's justice reporter. He was previously a summer reporting fellow at The Texas Tribune and interned at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. He received a bachelor's degree in electronic media from Texas State University and a master's degree in investigative journalism from the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University.
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Jury orders Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook families
A CT jury unanimously decided Alex Jones must pay millions to Sandy Hook families for his lies about the 2012 elementary school shooting.
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Report shows where prison gerrymandering in CT hurt the most
A new report shows how CT’s biggest cities were hurt by a decades-old practice that considered incarcerated people residents of prison towns.
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CT’s first Black chief public defender embraces work ahead
TaShun Bowden-Lewis, who’s wanted to work in public defense since she was a child, has spent her career fighting for clients in Connecticut.
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Radenka Maric named UConn president
Radenka Maric, who has served as UConn’s interim president since February, was named the university’s 17th president on Wednesday.
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Randy Cox sues police, city of New Haven for $100 million
Randy Cox, the Black man paralyzed after being injured in a police van, is suing five officers and the city of New Haven for $100 million.
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Attorneys for Randy Cox, paralyzed in New Haven police van, plan federal lawsuit
Supporters of Randy Cox, a Black man paralyzed after being hurled around a New Haven police van, announced the planned lawsuit at city hall.