COPS & COURTS
JULIA BROWN & MADISON HAHAMY
Unsealed arrest warrant provides additional details on the murder of Kevin Jiang ENV ’22

The unsealed warrant reveals Qinxuan Pan was likely involved with other New Haven shootings and reveals new information about the night of Jiang’s murder.

June 13, 2021

A headshot of Pan
RAZEL SUANSING
ANALYSIS: New Haven is experiencing a rise in homicides, violent crime; Officials, residents split on solutions

Homicides and violent crime in New Haven are rising for the first time in years. Criminal justice professors, law enforcement and community activists debate the most effective solution.

May 7, 2021

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 & 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

TALAT AMAN
UP CLOSE | Formerly incarcerated individuals reenter society in a pandemic

For formerly incarcerated individuals who have left correctional institutions in the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated many of the difficulties releasees face in attaining jobs, education and secure housing.

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.
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

RAZEL SUANSING
On anniversary of Witherspoon and Washington shooting, Abolition Alliance at Yale discusses YPD’s future

Two years after Yale and Hamden police shot at Paul Witherspoon and Stephanie Washington and following the recent police killings of Daunte Wright and Adam […]

April 20, 2021

A screenshot of the Zoom town hall appears on a computer screen
TALAT AMAN & RAZEL SUANSING
Protesters call for police abolition following Toledo, Wright killings

In April 2019, a Hamden police officer and Yale police officer shot at two Black residents, Stephanie Washington and Paul Witherspoon — sparking citywide protests over […]

April 18, 2021

Protesters march east on Wall St. in between Silliman and Slifka.
VANIKA MAHESH, ÁNGELA PÉREZ & RAZEL SUANSING
Man steals tip jar from Koffee?, sparks conversation about policing at the shop

On Tuesday afternoon, a shoplifting incident occurred at the local New Haven café Koffee? when an individual stole a tip jar and threatened to kill […]

April 16, 2021

The Koffee? sign on their building