Police in Connecticut have opened a criminal investigation into the death of a Black woman who was found dead last month in her Bridgeport apartment after a date with a man she had met on a dating app.
after a date with a man she had met on a dating app.
An attorney for Smith-Fields' family, Darnell Crosland, filed a notice of claim Friday notifying the city of his intent to sue over what he described as the police department's"racially insensitive" handling of the case. Mayor Joseph Ganim said Monday that"sensitivity and care is of utmost importance when working with the family of a victim" and the handling of the case has been referred to the police department's Office of Internal Affairs for an investigation. He said he would work with the police chief to make changes to department practices regarding notifying family members of a death.
Crossland said that the family is still awaiting the results of an independent autopsy and that the medical examiner's findings don't cure the police department's"lack of process," but make it worse.
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