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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Criminal charges dropped against man left with paralysis in US police custody

Man holding a banner that reads 'Justice for Randy Cox'
Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump takes part in a march for Justice for Richard ‘Randy’ Cox. Photograph: Arnold Gold/AP

A man who was left partially paralyzed while in police custody has had all criminal charges against him dropped.

On 19 June, 36-year-old Randy Cox of New Haven, Connecticut, was arrested on charges of illegal handgun possession. Cox was put into a police transport van without any seatbelts and was en route to a detention center when the officer behind the wheel, Oscar Diaz, suddenly braked. Video footage released by Cox’s family and published by CNN shows a handcuffed Cox sliding across the bench and hitting the van’s wall with his head.

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