Meera Shoaib
Staff Reporter
Author Archive
One of ‘Central Park Five’ talks criminal justice

In 1989, five teenagers were wrongfully convicted of the rape and assault of a white female jogger in Central Park. Thirty years later, one of […]

Residents rally against solitary confinement

Dozens of New Haven residents gathered in the Christ Chapel New Testament Church on Monday night to rally community members to join the fight against […]

Angela Xiao
Sentencing clinic hosts parole panel, screening

Nearly 50 students, faculty and community members attended a screening of the Frontline and New York Times documentary “Life on Parole” on Monday at the […]

YPD steps up outreach

This week marks the final period of donation collection for the Yale Police Department’s fourth annual Turkey Drive ahead of Thanksgiving, one of the many […]

Protests continue in Hamden

Tensions ran high as around one hundred activists, students and residents from the greater New Haven area protested the Hamden Police Department in the cavernous […]

Teen driver steals car carrying two children

On Wednesday evening, the New Haven Police Department conducted a citywide search to recover a stolen vehicle with two young children inside of it. At […]

ICE attempts to detain man at Derby courthouse

On Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents appeared at a Derby courthouse to take a Jamaican man into custody, but left empty-handed. Domar Shearer, […]

Amid shooting protests, Hamden mayoral race heats up

Amid ongoing discontent and recent protests about a shooting that involved officers from the Hamden and the Yale Police Departments last April, the race for […]

Outlaw talks life, biography

In the 1980s, William “Juneboy” Outlaw III was sentenced to prison for 85 years for co-running one of the largest drug gangs in New Haven […]

Elm City protests police shooting results

Activists, students and New Haven residents protested at The Shops at Yale Monday afternoon in response to a recent report by the State’s attorney concerning […]

NHPD missing police reports

Hundreds of incident reports are missing from the New Haven Police Department, which has already resulted in at least 10 officers facing disciplinary action and […]