A man who was injured earlier this month while being transported by New Haven police is now paralyzed from the chest down.
The incident offered on June 19 when 36 year old Richard Cox was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm.
While being transported to the jail facility officers failed to place Cox in a safety belt. Officers came to an abrupt stop to avoid a crash and Cox slid head first into the vans wall.
Cox yelled for help but got no response from the officers. Eventually Officer Diaz pulled over to check on Cox and called for an ambulance to meet them at the station.
Video surveillance released shows officers dragging Cox body through the police station instead of waiting for emergency crews. Cox is heard telling officers that he can’t move his neck.
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Cox family says he remains hospitalized and has undergone several surgeries. He also remains on a respirator and feeding tube.
Since the incident five police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave.
Cox attorney Brian Crump has also asked for all video footage regarding the incident.
Crump said Cox is paralyzed because of the “actions and inactions taken by the New Haven Police Department” while he was being transported in a detention van.
A Missouri man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly leaving a voicemail containing a threat on the personal cell phone of an election official in the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Walter Lee Hoornstra, 50, of Tecumseh, is charged with one count of communicating an interstate threat and one count of making a threatening telephone call.
“These unlawful threats of violence endanger election officials, undermine our electoral process, and threaten our democracy,” said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “The department’s Election Threats Task Force, working with our partners across the country, remains committed to investigating and prosecuting such illegal threats to ensure that these public servants are able to do their jobs free from intimidation.”
According to the indictment, on or about May 19, 2021, Hoornstra allegedly left the following voicemail message on the personal cell phone of the election official: “So I see you’re for fair and competent elections, that’s what it says here on your homepage for your recorder position you’re trying to fly here. But you call things unhinged and insane lies when there’s a forensic audit going on. You need to check yourself. You need to do your [expletive] job right because other people from other states are watching your ass. You [expletive] renege on this deal or give them any more troubles, your ass will never make it to your next little board meeting.”
“The FBI is committed to vigorously investigating and holding accountable anyone who threatens election workers,” said Assistant Director Luis Quesada of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. “These public servants protect our fundamental right to vote by administering fair and free elections. Any attempts to interfere with our elections by intimidating election officials, their staffs, and volunteers with threats of violence will not be tolerated.”
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If convicted, Hoornstra faces up to five years in prison for making a threatening interstate communication and up to two years in prison for making a threatening telephone call. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
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