Connecticut
Martin killing resonates in Conn. town still trying to heal racial fissures
No one died in what became known here as “the incident.” But that has not kept the raw racial fissures that ran through this blue-collar town six years ago from resurfacing in light of the national attention focused on the killing of Trayvon Martin. As in the Martin case, there were dueling stories in Stratford, [...]
Ct. racial profiling law ignored for a decade
Only 27 police departments consistently file annual reports required by state law to show whether minorities are targeted in traffic stops — not that it would matter if more departments complied. No one has analyzed the limited data that is filed since 2001. A dozen years after the Connecticut General Assembly banned racial profiling in [...]
No proof of racism at site of 2010 shooting rampage: police
There is no proof of systemic racism at a Connecticut beer distributor where a gunman shot dead eight people last year because he said African-Americans were treated badly, a police probe concluded. Omar Thornton, 34, a driver at Hartford Distributors, a family-owned beer wholesaler 10 miles east of the state capital in Manchester, shot eight [...]
Lawyer’s Tip Led to Theft Charges Against Woman for Lying to Get Son into Better School
ABA Journal – A lawyer’s tip has led to felony charges against a Connecticut homeless woman accused of lying to get her child into a better school. Police investigated Tanya McDowell after a lawyer for the Norwalk Housing Authority contacted authorities, the New York Times reports. The Housing Authority alleged that McDowell had used her [...]
Homeless Conn. mom faces jail over enrolling son in school
A homeless single mother who lives in her van pleaded not guilty Wednesday to stealing nearly $16,000 worth of education for her son by enrolling the kindergartener in her baby sitter’s school district. Tanya McDowell, 33, was arraigned in Norwalk, where she was arrested April 14 on felony charges of committing and attempting to commit [...]
