Randy Cox

The Connecticut State Board of Mediation and Arbitration voted last week to overturn the dismissal of a New Haven police officer charged in connection with Randy Cox’s injuries during transport in 2022.

New Haven’s budget had a surplus of more than $22 million this year, but $15 million of it will be spent on Randy Cox’s police brutality settlement. Mayor Justin Elicker said he is thankful that the city does not have to borrow that money, as originally planned.

After Randy Cox's injuries and passage of Connecticut’s police accountability law, some Black residents feel little changed. Hear from them here.

In line with the chief’s recommendation, two New Haven police officers were fired for their involvement in the arrest of Randy Cox. Last June, Cox was paralyzed after he was left improperly restrained in the back of a police van.

New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson announced on Tuesday afternoon that he is recommending all four officers involved in the Randy Cox case be fired. Cox was left paralyzed from the chest down after he was handcuffed and put in the back of a police van without a seat belt.

The five New Haven police officers who have been sued by Randy Cox for injuries that left him paralyzed have filed court papers blaming the EMTs who treated Cox.

New Haven has agreed to negotiate a settlement with lawyers representing Randy Cox. His family filed a $100 million federal lawsuit after Cox was paralyzed while in New Haven police custody.

Four of the five New Haven police officers involved in the arrest of Randy Cox, who was paralyzed from the chest down after being improperly restrained in June, claim they are immune from prosecution.

High profile civil rights attorney Ben Crump said he and the family of Richard "Randy" Cox, a Black man who was paralyzed while in New Haven police custody, is filing a $100 million lawsuit against the city and five police officers.

Supporters of Randy Cox, a Black man paralyzed after being hurled around a New Haven police van, announced the planned lawsuit at city hall.