Razel Suansing
Staff Reporter
razelsuansing | razel.suansing@yale.edu
Razel Suansing is a staff reporter and producer for the City, YTV, and Magazine desks. She covers cops and courts, specifically state criminal justice reform efforts, the New Haven Police Department, and the Yale Police Department. Originally from Manila, Philippines, she is a first-year in Davenport College, majoring in Global Affairs.
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RAZEL SUANSING
Advocates decry State’s Attorney’s dismissal of police sexual assault case

The Sex Workers and Allies Network, or SWAN, of New Haven is calling for justice after the Connecticut State’s Attorney’s Office dismissed two sexual assault cases against former New Haven Police Department Officer Gary Gamarra.

May 5, 2021

An up close photo of the sign on the front of NHPD headquarters
RAZEL SUANSING
Debate reignites over NHPD officers’ use of Thin Blue Line flag

In the past week, a debate of whether officers on duty should be allowed to wear a “Thin Blue Line” mask has erupted across the Elm City.

May 5, 2021

RAZEL SUANSING, SANCHITA KEDIA & ISAAC YU
Asian American students, faculty members reflect on rise of hate crimes

The past year has seen immeasurable suffering for many communities across the country. The pandemic has brought on a particularly heightened sense of fear in […]

May 2, 2021

RAZEL SUANSING & ISAAC YU
New Haven residents create AAPI coalition in wake of hate crimes

Members of the AAPI community are forming a new coalition, called aapiNHV, to increase the coordination of efforts to combat anti-Asian racism and violence.

May 2, 2021

An aerial view of New Haven Green
RAZEL SUANSING & ISAAC YU
Pedestrian hit near Benjamin Franklin College

A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Prospect and Trumbull Streets around 8:30 p.m. last night.

April 28, 2021

MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO & RAZEL SUANSING
YNHHS pauses radiotherapy treatment for six days after software breach

A nationwide cybersecurity threat to Elekta, a vendor that delivers radiotherapy services at the Yale New Haven Health System, resulted in the interruption of treatment for approximately 200 cancer patients for six days.

April 27, 2021

RAZEL SUANSING
NHPD launches internal investigation after officer pulls gun, taser on shoplifter

In the wake of the recent death at the hands of police of Daunte Wright and the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, the former police […]

April 22, 2021

The façade of the NHPD in the daytime.
TALAT AMAN, LUKAS FLIPPO, NATALIE KAINZ & RAZEL SUANSING
IN PHOTOS: Protesters call for police abolition

April 22, 2021

RAZEL SUANSING
NHPD celebrates Duff’s career and appoints new spokesperson, five lateral hires

On Monday, the New Haven Police Department held an outdoor retirement ceremony for public information officer Captain Anthony Duff ’88 in front of the department’s […]

April 21, 2021

ZAPORAH PRICE, RAZEL SUANSING & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Chauvin verdict reignites conversations about police reform in New Haven

As the news of Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict captures the attention of the nation, public officials and organizers are reflecting on possible police reforms for […]

April 21, 2021

THE YALE DAILY NEWS, NATALIE KAINZ & RAZEL SUANSING
New Haveners protest police violence outside Yale Police Department

On April 18, New Haven residents marched from City Hall to the Yale Police Department headquarters in response to recent incidents of police violence involving […]

April 20, 2021