After killing cousin, Clyde Meikle found purpose in prison. Now he's getting out early.
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Cheshire Correctional Institution on Sept. 23, 2020. Thirteen years earlier, the site of an informal mock trial for incarcerated men organized by Clyde Meikle.Yehyun Kim / CTMirror.orgShow MoreShow Less
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A photo of Clyde Meikle from a graduation ceremony for his associate’s degree on display in his mother’s home.Yehyun Kim / CTMirror.orgShow MoreShow Less
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Dimaya Williams, 6, looks at photos of her uncle Clyde Meikle in prison with his family members.Yehyun Kim / CTMirror.orgShow MoreShow Less
streets. a news conference was given just a few moments ago. >> i want to give you some details of an incident that occurred this morning at about 12:34 this morning at the address of 5724 south main. we had an incident where there was a party at that address. inside there was a dispute where shots were fired inside. semple shots. the people started to spill out and i'm going from what i saw in the pod video now. people started to spill out. as they spilled out more shots were fired. we saw an individual on the pod firing. at that time, more shots were fired at another location so we have about three scenes of different shell casings and different scenes where people were shot but it was right there in that location and stemming from that party. we have, at this time, 13 victims ranging in the age from 16 to about 48 years old. we have about four of them are critical, the others are stable.
our legislative leaders have been asked to do tonight and tomorrow to plant that stake in the ground and show we are for a fair and open and equitable work environment and business environment. >> all right. >> go ahead, quickly. >> well i think there is a further question which is why would part of our political class, why would any of our elected officials want to be associated with this kind of intolerance of a large section of the population and why would any public official want to be associated with denying any citizen the right to access to something as semple as a business? >> building on that ari, you will note that no perspective republican presidential candidate has expressed ambivalence, let alone support for anything except mike pence's position. and i think if the business community really wants to get behind this and create this inclusive environment in which we'll all, you know we'll all prosper and we'll all have opportunity and these phony
and unfortunately when these unemployment insurance doesn't get extended, the unemployment rate will drop. this is because people have gone out and looked for work now that they don't have cushy insurance coming in. the fact of the matter is they are getting discouraged, they are leaving the semple entirely, the denominator drops. a year from now they will point back at that and say it's a good thing. it's keeping people from looking for jobs. people sent so many resumes and turned down so many times. maybe the reason you have to to keep collecting insurance. >> i'm curious, would love to sit down and talk to one of these conservatives on the hill how in their own minds they justify, they have fiscal austerity priority, balancing the budget is their top priority. do you get a sense of the hill there is angst about being the guys who don't appear to care?
h has, we're told, some kind of connection to the navy facility. it doesn't appear to be an act of terrorism. it's sounding very early this morning like a workplace shooting, a disgruntled person who comes back either because he has a personal connection of someone who works there or has his own connection to the facility and has a grudge and came back with some sort of score to settle. it's sounding more and more like it's going to come out to be that. you'll see in the next hour or so, a lot of activity to confirm the identity of this person. we're told he's dead. it should be only a matter of time before we can confirm his identity, go back, semple his house, do all those things mr. bratton knows so well, better than i, what the next investigative steps will be. >> pete, real quick, d.c., gwyn crump, i believe was her name, said they were going to have the
his plans to help every american get a high-quality, low cost education and what the white house called a better bargain for the middle class. back to you in new york. >> thank you, peter, doocy. good morning. >> thanks, peter pref we have more headlines to get to on sunday morning. while you were sleeping rescuers recovered two more bodies in the philippines. at least 34 people killed, 80 missing, 750 passengers and crew were rescued after the ferry hit a cargo ship late friday night. bad weather forced responders to spend their semple saturday. major league baseball issues a new suspension. kansas royals infielder miguel tejeda banned for games after testing positive for banned drug. the all-star mvp said he had permission to use adderall from mlb but the permit ran out in
alert. three people found dead along the same block in cleveland over the last two days. east cleveland police say they have a 35-year-old man in custody at this hour. they say he's a former convict who had admitted to having a fascination with serial killers. officials say they believe the deaths are related and neighbors, of course, are extremely concerned. >> something like this is very upsetting, not only for me but my children and grandchildren. >> police will expand their semple. they will be looking for more bodies today. the suspect has not yet been charged with any crime. new overnight, texas police believe a 15-year-old runaway was held captive in a lubbock home for six weeks until she was able to escape through a window on friday night. there might be more victims. >> based on information she was able to provide, we believe there were multiple people inside the house, possibly more victims, that the people inside may be armed and the house may be barricaded. as a precautionary measure we