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By firing cop in shooting, did Hartford mayor yield to politics?

By CHRIS POWELL When he peremptorily fired the Hartford police officer who shot and killed a mentally ill man who was walking through his neighborhood with a long knife and was refusing police commands to drop it, Mayor Arunan Arulampalam last week worsened a bad situation and probably increased city government’s financial liability. Accountability terrifiesContinue reading “By firing cop in shooting, did Hartford mayor yield to politics?”

Just another week in Hartford as state legislators look away

By CHRIS POWELL Last week Hartford was the scene of three horrible incidents.  First a 17-year-old honor student at Hall High School in West Hartford was shot and killed and another young man was shot and critically wounded at around 2 in the morning in the heart of downtown, near the People’s Bank Arena. PoliceContinue reading “Just another week in Hartford as state legislators look away”