Officers Plead Not Guilty in Case of Man Paralyzed in Police Custody

The five New Haven, Connecticut, police officers charged in the case of Richard “Randy” Cox, a Black man who was paralyzed while being transported in custody, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday during an arraignment hearing.

The officers — Sgt. Betsy Segui and officers Oscar Diaz, Ronald Pressley, Jocelyn Lavandier and Luis Rivera — were each charged in November 2022 with one count of second-degree reckless endangerment and one count of cruelty to persons.

Both charges are misdemeanors and the officers were each released on a $25,000 bond.

Cox, who is now paralyzed from the neck down, did not appear in court for the arraignment because to do so was “logistically too difficult,” his attorney Jack O’Donnell said.

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