The man was being taken to a Connecticut police station when the driver of a police van hit the brakes hard, shattering the man’s spine.
Source: New York Times
5 New Haven Officers Charged in Paralysis of Black Man They Transported
Published in Black People, New Haven (Conn) and Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings
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