Hundreds of protesters have demanded justice for a Black man who was seriously injured in the back of a police van in Connecticut
Attorney Benjamin Crump, foreground left, and Doreen Coleman, mother of Randy Cox, hold a poster of Cox, outside a courthouse in New Haven, Conn., Friday, July 8, 2022. Cox, who was being transported in a police van without seatbelts, was paralyzed when the van braked suddenly. His family asked federal authorities Friday to file civil rights charges against the officers involved.
Cox's mother, two sisters and civil rights attorney Ben Crump spoke before meeting with U.S. Department of Justice officials in New Haven Friday, arguing that Cox's constitutional rights were violated. Cox's supporters say the police mocked his cries for help and accused him of being drunk. Video shows the officers dragged him by his feet from the van and placed him in a holding cell at the police department before paramedics finally took him to a hospital. Cox remains hospitalized and unable to speak because of his breathing tube.
Using a bullhorn, Crump and others yelled to the marchers:"If I say my neck is broke." In unison, they responded:"Don't take it as a joke.”Thursday stemming from the case. The reforms include eliminating the use of police vans for most prisoner transports and using marked police vehicles instead. They also require officers to immediately call for an ambulance to respond to their location if the prisoner requests or appears to need medical aid.
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