COPS & COURTS
MAIA NEHME
Connecticut prisoners set to end 23-day hunger strike

Jacky Robinson Jr. and Cornel Myers plan to end their hunger strike now that the Department of Correction has agreed to their personal demands.

October 8, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Heidi’s handler is retiring. Is Yale’s public safety dog also one paw out the door?

The beloved labrador retriever has spent four years on campus supporting students and helping the Yale Police with community engagement. Now, her future at Yale is uncertain.

October 3, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Police Union highlights lack of wage increase in Family Weekend push

The Yale police union commissioned sign trucks and handed out promotional leaflets to students and visiting parents on Friday and Saturday — at least the sixth public action taken by the union this negotiation cycle.

September 29, 2024

MAIA NEHME & ARIELA LOPEZ
Dozens march through the Hill for police shooting victim

Friends of Jebrell Conley and local activists convened to call for police accountability a week after Conley was shot and killed by three officers at a West Haven car wash.

September 27, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ & INEZ CHUIDIAN
Unhoused New Havener faces charges for role in bomb scare, neighbors advocate for his release

Robert Cardone Jr., known for collecting recyclable bottles downtown, was arrested as a suspect in a bomb threat for moving canisters near City Hall. Advocates for the unhoused protested outside his court hearing on Thursday.

September 23, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Suspended YPD officer charged with assault for allegedly striking spouse

The warrant to arrest a Yale Police lieutenant alleges that he beat his spouse with a golf club or a hammer last week, hints at repeated abuse.

September 11, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Yale officer arrested for assault, suspended from PD

Roosevelt Cesario Martinez, an officer for the Yale Police Department, was arrested in Stratford on Wednesday for an assault in the second degree.

September 9, 2024

MAIA NEHME
Governor Lamont nominates new chief justice, vacancy still stands

If appointed, Associate Justice Raheem Mullins would become the second Black chief justice on Connecticut’s Supreme Court, yet his nomination still leaves the open seat on the court.

September 2, 2024

MAIA NEHME
Coalition urges Governor Lamont to boost diversity of state judiciary

An opening on the state Supreme Court has sparked discussion of the value of demographic and professional diversity in a judiciary dominated by former corporate attorneys.

August 28, 2024

YOLANDA WANG, NORA MOSES & ARIELA LOPEZ
Pro-Palestine protesters rally for arrested encampment protesters, campaign for charges to be dropped

Hours before 14 Yale affiliates arrested in the April 2024 divestment encampment were slated to appear before a judge, hundreds gathered on the steps of the New Haven Superior Court to dissent against the protesters’ trespassing charges. A motion to dismiss the cases will be heard on Oct. 31.

August 28, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Police union welcomes McInnis with “subdued approach” to first-year move-in action

Two billboard trucks emblazoned with messages warning of rising New Haven crime drove around campus under direction of the Yale police union on Aug. 18. This marks at least the fourth time the union has framed the University’s host city as dangerous this contract negotiation cycle.

August 27, 2024