From State Senator Ed Gomes: Current occupant of the late Sen. Alvin Penn’s legislative seat calls for full enforcement of the 1999 Racial Profiling Prohibition Act State Senator Ed Gomes (D-Bridgeport) today offered comment on the recent arrest of four East Haven police officers for racial profiling, and offensive comments on the subject made by [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Cops'
Gomes: Maturo Might Have Wanted Tacos For Dinner, But He Ended Up Eating Crow
January 30th, 2012 · 9 Comments · City Politics, Cops, State Politics
Tags: Alvin Penn·Ed Gomes
Cops: He Ate Victim’s Brain And Eyeball
January 25th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Cops, News and Events
From Dan Tepfer, CT Post: A Florida man has been arrested and charged with murder after police say he hacked Angel “Tun Tun” Gonzalez to death in a Brooks Street apartment and then mutilated the body.
Tags: CT Post·Dan Tepfer
Feds Charge Four East Haven Cops With Civil Rights Violations
January 24th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Cops, News and Events
A federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned an indictment against four cops for violating the civil rights of Latinos in East Haven. From Connecticut United States Attorney David Fein: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General in Charge of the Civil Rights Division, and [...]
Tags: David Fein
Lieutenant Bailey To Chief: Send Me Back To The Streets
January 23rd, 2012 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops
No one’s more in tune with Bridgeport’s streets than William “Ron” Bailey. As violent crime is back in the news (hopefully not for long), the Bridgeport Police lieutenant knows all too well the horrifying violent crime rate from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s: 50, 60, 70 murders a year fueled by a crack epidemic controlled [...]
Two More Shootings Reported Saturday Morning
January 21st, 2012 · 3 Comments · Cops, News and Events
From Steve Krauchick, www.doingitlocal.com At 2:15am Police received a call of a large street fight with possible shots fired at Murphy’s Law at 239 Fairfield Avenue. The crowd had pretty much dissipated when police arrived, but they did confirm there was a shooting after talking to witnesses.
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Officers Injured In Response To Club Crowd
January 21st, 2012 · 1 Comment · Cops, News and Events
From Steve Krauchick at www.doingitlocal.com Police had their hands full with a large gathering at Club Azur on Wood and Elmwood Ave around 11:30 Thursday night. An officer on the scene estimated over 500 in the club and in the parking lot. One officer was injured when he was punched in the eye and one [...]
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Paging J. Edgar Hoover–As Charter Reformers Meet, How About A Lydia Martinez Rule?
January 27th, 2012 · 21 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Cops, Education, Firefighters, State Politics
The city’s Charter Revision Commission commences regular meetings on Tuesday to begin shaping questions that presumably will appear on the November ballot for voter approval. Mayor Bill Finch, who assembled the commission with City Council approval, has stated clearly where he’d like to see the focus: education. The city’s Board of Education is an elected body currently [...]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Denise Merrill·Lydia Martinez·Santa Ayala