The General Assembly's Public Safety Committee considered a proposal to require police to notify the family of a dead person within 24 hours. The proposal has yet to go before the full General Assembly
The deaths of Lauren Smith-Fields, Brenda Rawls, and Asia Maynard stunned the community and reignited the conversation around safety and dating for Black women and people.
The deaths of Lauren Smith-Fields, Brenda Rawls, and Asia Maynard stunned the community and reignited the conversation around safety and dating for Black women and people.
The Connecticut state legislature moved forward with a bill that will require police to notify victims' families within 24 hours of identification after the deaths of two Black women.