Five officers charged after man paralysed in Connecticut police van
by Associated Press in New Haven from US news | The Guardian on (#669XS)
Officers charged with cruelty and endangerment after Randy Cox fractured neck when vehicle braked
Five Connecticut police officers have been charged with cruelly neglecting a Black man after he was partially paralysed in the back of a police van, despite his repeated and desperate pleas for help.
Randy Cox, 36, was being driven to a New Haven police station on 19 June for processing on a weapons charge when the driver braked hard at an intersection to avoid a collision, causing Cox to fly headfirst into a metal partition in the van.
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