a 23-year-old black woman in connecticut is getting a lot of attention and it s raising questions about whether her race fagterred into the investigation. her name is lauren smith fields. she was found dead in her bridge port, connecticut apartment in december. she was there with a man whom she met on an online dating app. and the man reportedly found her unresponsive. monday the medical examiner ruled it accidental. but now the mayor is launching an investigation into the police department s handling of the case. her family says the police department didn t tell them about her death. they instead learned about it from her landlord. janelle griffith is following the story for us now. let s start with the investigation into the police department s handling of the case.
um, and she is now suing the police. she is suing the police department there in north carolina and the sheriff s department who had a deputy involved in that. and we did reach out to the police. we reached out to the officers. their attorneys did not have any comment. the police department didn t want to comment because there is pending litigation but the sheriff s department, while it didn t say much, it said it did stand by the actions of its deputy. um, but in this case, you know, we should mention that stephanie bottom loved going on road trips by herself. she s that grandma. um, she is a person who really enjoyed it, and what she says happened is that she had her music on really loud as she was bopping to the music, she wasn t paying attention and didn t hear the sirens and see the lights until when she did, she thought that s not for me. um, and so, the way that this goes down, um, is disturbing to
your hair and thrown to the ground and having your shoulder dislocated. reporter: scott holmes is the supervising attorney of north carolina s central university s civil litigation clinic and one of bottoms attorneys. he later discovered bottom was charged in the incident. she was charged with speeding ten over and failure to heed blue lights and resisting an officer. wow, sara, that was really hard to watch. is stephanie bottom demanding anything from police after this? you have heard this before. justice is the word that she used. um, and she is now suing the police. she is suing the police department there in north carolina and the sheriff s department who had a deputy involved in that. and we did reach out to the police. we reached out to the officers. their attorneys did not have any comment. the police department didn t
this police department didn t give up after the first visit or the second visit. that they kept going back. that s the story here. it s just never giving up. they knew they really strongly believed she was there and the fact the family was acting so suspicious. when they let them inside led them to keep chasing and pursuing. luck kiply a tip came in and they were able to get her out. it s a story of great police work. what charges do they face? it s custodial interference because they parents. the grandfather was arrested and charged. there s more to this story. thank you very much. more testimony in the federal hate crimes trial for three georgia men conducted of killing ahmaud arbery. a prosecutor detailing how the suspects used racist and derogatory language. they are trying to prove the men
restore criminal justice in new york city. bill: you heard with the d.a. in la and you wonder if the new d.a. in new york will do something people. there are bad people in our society and need to be separated from the rest of us. you describe a very small percentage, right? sure. we know the manhattan institute is going come out with a study this month that shows that 1% of the blocks in new york city account for 25% of the crime. and i think 5% of the blocks account for 50% of the crime. so we really do have ways to identify where this is going the happen, who the people likely are. and we do have the resources and expertise to go after them. politicians made the decision to dismantle units like the anti-crime teams who were actually going out there, performing aggressive and proactive policing and lowering the crime numbers. the police department didn t of themselves come up one day and do that. they were pushed by progressive policymakers who now run new york state.