A state board overturned the firing of Oscar Diaz, who was driving the van when Randy Cox was paralyzed in police custody two years ago, and instead reduced Diaz’s punishment to a 15-day unpaid suspension. New Haven officials vowed to appeal the verdict.
After an individual lodged a Palestinian flag in a menorah on the New Haven Green during a protest on Saturday, city officials and faith leaders condemned the act as hateful as did protest organizers and Yale in a University statement.