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The videos offer a detailed picture of encounters between state police and protesters demonstrating on highway bridges in the New Haven area.
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The development marks an end to a slew of challenges that hindered state officials from effectively implementing the 2021 law.
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A comprehensive review of police use-of-force cases in Connecticut shows many involve subjects in emotional distress. Researchers want to know why.
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Protestors have been cited – and in one case, arrested – this year while speaking out against the Trump administration, prompting a federal lawsuit.
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His termination comes as the Hartford court faces a backlog of more than 40,000 immigration cases, ranking it as one of the most overburdened in the country.
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The audit found David Becker violated a town purchasing policy in acquiring the SUV, which he drove in his capacity as Fairfield’s emergency management director.
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The chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court said his goal is to keep court buildings safe.
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The analysis points to a racial disparity in how municipal police use force against Black people. A significant share of violent police encounters also involve people experiencing mental health challenges, the study found.
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The letter, which was signed by 21 state senators, comes after unmarked and unidentified U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents stormed into a Stamford courthouse on Aug. 11 and arrested two men who were inside.
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Policy changes under the Trump administration have diminished protections for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status holders, putting them at risk of being removed from the country.