Two more police officers have been fired in connection with a June 2022 arrest in New Haven, Connecticut, in which a man became paralyzed after getting injured in the back of a speeding police van.
Two more police officers have been fired in connection with a June 2022 arrest in New Haven, Connecticut, in which a manafter getting injured in the back of a speeding police van. A total of four officers have now been fired in the wake of the incident.
The New Haven Board of Police Commissioners voted Wednesday to terminate Officer Oscar Diaz, who was driving the van, and Sgt. Betsy Segui, the city said in a news release.All four had been suspended since last summer, and the firings were recommended by the New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson, the city said. A fifth officer who was suspended for the incident, Ronald Pressley, retired in January, according to the New Haven Register.
Cox was placed in the back of a police van being driven by Diaz, police said. The van was speeding when Diaz came to a sudden stop to avoid a collision with another vehicle, causing Cox — who was not wearing a seatbelt — to hit his head and injure his neck.Portions of the incident were captured on police bodycam video. Cox, unable to move, can be heard repeatedly asking for help as officers disregard his injuries.
"Mr. Cox was mistreated," Jacobson, then the New Haven assistant police chief, said last June."He should've received medical attention immediately. We can't defend anything that was released."New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said Wednesday in a statement that the board's decisions to fire all four officers were"important and necessary steps towards ensuring accountability for the mistreatment of Randy Cox while he was in their custody and care.
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