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Hi, good evening to you both. The message from Randy Cox's family as they stood on the steps here outside of City Hall a few hours ago is that these misdemeanor charges for the police officers are a slap in the face. But it was a slightly different message coming from Randy Cox himself, who we are hearing from through his family for the first time tonight.
It's been hard on all of us. Latoya Boomer's life changed forever on June 19th, but nobody feels the change more than her brother, Randy Cox. Now paralyzed from the neck down, he has the ring of Corbell to ask for a sip of water. The cup is sitting right next to him, but he can't pick it up.
Cox is working daily to get better at a rehabilitation center in West Haven. His mom visits him daily, too, even if she has to just sit there and watch him. In a hospital bed, that is not the life that Randy wants. Randy wants to get outside. He wants to be able to go to the store, but because of what happened on June 19th, he can't step in there, right? All right.
That night, Randy Cox is in the back of a police van, handcuffed without a seat belt when it stopped short, sending him head first into the middle wall inside the truck and paralyzing him. From now, all five officers involved in this case have been arrested for reckless endangerment and cruelty charges, both misdemeanors, said.
"I know it's only an arrest, but it's a start," Cox's sister reading a note directly from Randy. "It's time for a change. This ain't about me. It's about the people that come after me so no one else has to go through this."
National civil rights attorney Ben Crump wants to make sure of it, too. "Out a misdemeanor slap on the wrist. Where they'll probably see little to no jail time. And Randy Cox has a life sentence." Trump says that most the charges, which are being brought by the state, would put the officers in jail for six months. His message? That's not enough if you have somebody driving recklessly and they cause someone to be paralyzed. They would be charged with assault with a vehicle, right, Jack? And that's a felony.
Now, Trump and his Co counsel also brought up the $100 million lawsuit that they filed back in September against the city and the five police officers involved in this case. Crumb got a chance to take a look straight into the mayor's eyes and tell him what he needs to hear from him moving forward. We'll tell you what he said coming up at 6:00 o'clock. For now, we are live in New Haven. Julia LeBlanc, Fox 61 news.