State Senate declares racism a 'public-health crisis' FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 State Sen. Mary Daugherty Abrams, D-Meriden, co-chairman of the legislative Public Health Committee.Contributed photo / Mary Abrams /Show MoreShow Less 2of11 State Sen. Tony Hwang, R-Fairfield, the top Republican on the legislative Public Health Committee.Contributed / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 3of11 5of11 6of11 8of11 Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney, D-New HavenKen Dixon / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 9of11 11of11 HARTFORD — A year after the Black Lives Matter movement changed...