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Published July 19. 2021 6:01PM
Imagine being invited to give a keynote address for your alma mater s senior class. The big day comes; students and families file in. You rise to the microphone, but instead of celebrating their accomplishments you belittle them, call them lazy and underachieving.
This is essentially what New London s poet laureate did at Chief Brian Wright s swearing-in ceremony July 14. With 200 in attendance, half of them cops, Joshua Brown denigrated us in a disgusting display of grandstanding. He told a story of a teen who recently received his permit and expressed fear for his safety, claiming that he was now in danger of being shot by NLPD merely for driving while black.
Published July 01. 2021 6:11PM | Updated July 01. 2021 6:26PM By
In our June 25 editorial congratulating Brian Wright’s elevation from captain to chief of the New London police, we presented it as an opportunity for a fresh start, a chance “to look for more avenues of cooperation and tone down the confrontation.”
With the surfacing of more information, the enormity of the challenge Chief Wright faces has become clearer.
This week the community learned more about the circumstances surrounding the sudden announcement in late May that former Chief Peter Reichard was retiring after four years in the position, nine with the department.
Mayor Michael Passero had learned of a conversation with Reichard that was clandestinely recorded by a subordinate within the department. It is not flattering.