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The report calls out the mayor, police chief and city corporation counsel Tim Curtin for untrue statements made before and after the case became public.
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In an 84-paged report released Friday, an independent investigator faults Mayor Lovely Warren for the city s months-long failure to tell the public about the death of Daniel Prude while in police custody.
The report also blameformer Police Chief La Ron Singletary for downplaying the matter in internal communications. And it calls out false statements made by both, along with city Corporation Counsel Tim Curtin, before and particularly after the case ultimately became public last September.
A six-month fact-finding investigation into the city s handling of the Daniel Prude case ultimately blames Mayor Lovely Warren for keeping the matter under wraps and concludes she then misled the public about what she knew, and when.
Few new details emerged in the 84-page final report. But special investigator Andrew Celli drew conclusions on who and what is to be believed.
He also concluded that former Police Chief La Ron Singletary downplayed, omitted details and misdirected city officials and the public; that city Corporation Counsel Tim Curtin similarly misled officials and the public about material information; and he widely faulted the administration for its handling of the case.