UPDATE: Includes statement from NAACP. The Bridgeport Police Department has no dashboard cameras in its 63 patrol cars. Civil rights activists like them to guard
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NAACP Wants Action Against Cops, Gaudett Pledges Thorough And Fair Investigation Into Police Conduct
Bridgeport Police Chief Joe Gaudett Monday afternoon met with local and state officials from the NAACP following the release of graphic footage in a video
Read moreHow Many Times Did The Cops Need To Kick Him! Video Captures Police Stomping Suspect On Ground–Feds Inquiring About Police Conduct
UPDATE: This video, posted on YouTube three weeks ago, captures Bridgeport police officers repeatedly kicking a suspect in Beardsley Park in 2011 after he was felled
Read moreNAACP Event Addresses Gun Violence
From Carolyn Vermont, president of the Greater Bridgeport Branch NAACP: Greater Bridgeport Branch NAACP will hold a Holiday Reception on Friday, December 28, 2012 from
Read moreKnock, Knock, Anyone Home? We Need You To Vote–Teachers Endorse Bags, Babs, Kelleher For School Board
A coalition of community interests including clergy, education and social justice is urging Bridgeport voters to turn out for the Sept. 4 special election to fill four
Read more‘Three In Three Days’
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: As of Sunday afternoon, Mayor Bill Finch, following a U.S. Senate debate at the Klein Memorial Auditorium, had no plans
Read moreUpdate: Vermont Smokes Winston In NAACP Election, Vermont Statement
Carolyn Vermont won the presidency Thursday night of the Greater Bridgeport NAACP in a vote by chapter members at Messiah Baptist Church downtown, defeating challenger Wayne
Read moreYou Thought Elections Were Over?
Not for the Greater Bridgeport NAACP which conducts its election today from 4 to 8 p.m. at Messiah Baptist Church downtown. Tuesday night at the City Hall
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