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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dave Collins

Chief recommends firing officers in paralyzed prisoner case

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The police chief in New Haven, Connecticut, recommended Tuesday that four officers be fired for mistreating a Black man who became paralyzed from the chest down last year in a police van that braked suddenly.

Police Chief Karl Jacobson's recommendations in the case of Richard “Randy” Cox now go to the city's police commissioners, who have the sole authority to fire officers. The commissioners are expected to hold hearings beginning in late April or early May, he said.

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