The mayor of a Connecticut city has ordered two police officers be placed on administrative leave after the families of two Black women criticized the police responses and investigations into their deaths.
Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim expressed his condolences Sunday to the families of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls, saying in a statement he is"extremely disappointed with the leadership of the Bridgeport Police Department.
After multiple calls to police, hospitals and funeral homes, the family finally received confirmation of her death when reaching out to the state's medical examiner, who had already performed an autopsy, Washington said."It's almost like they're not aware of her death, or they just don't care and that made us angry," Washington said of city and police officials.
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