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We need justice, not politics
The Connecticut Supreme Court building.
The administration of justice should not be political. Prosecutors must be guided by the evidence in a case and the applicable law, not by partisan, political considerations. Political pressure should never sway a prosecutor’s decision-making.
Department of Criminal Justice
Chief State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo Jr.
Political independence of the United States Department of Justice took center stage at last month’s confirmation hearing for Merrick Garland, President Joseph Biden’s nominee for attorney general, who was pressed by legislators about what is supposed to be a fundamental norm. Garland insisted that he would oppose any attempt by the White House to politicize the Justice Department, telling the Senate Judiciary Committee: “I am not the president’s lawyer; I am the United States’ lawyer.”
A very loving, caring soul , Family calls for justice, resolution, a year after fatal police shooting
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A vigil is held in memory of Mubarak Soulemane at the I95 overpass along Campbell Avenue in West Haven, Conn., on Friday Jan. 15, 2021. Soulemane, a New Haven resident, was fatally shot by state Trooper Brian North after a car chase on Jan. 15, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
WEST HAVEN The one-year anniversary of the death of Mubarak Soulemane, a New Haven resident shot and killed by a state trooper off Interstate 95 in West Haven following a pursuit has passed .
A crowd gathered to call for justice in his name. His mother wept, her tears shining in the light feet away from where he was killed.