Cops charged with misdemeanors for ‘rough ride’ that paralyzed Black man in Connecticut

Key Facts

• Five Connecticut cops who ignored the plight of a Black man as he became paralyzed while in their custody have been charged with misdemeanors.
• Randy Cox, 36, had been arrested on gun charges and was riding in the back of a police van in New Haven on June 19 when the driver made an “abrupt” stop that sent him slamming headfirst into one of the vehicle’s walls.
• Randy Cox was put in a police van without seatbelts and, after an abrupt stop, was thrown into the wall HEAD FIRST.
• As he was STILL lying on the van floor, he told the officers that he couldn’t move.

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