(Opinion) When yet another New Haven man walked free this week after revelations showed he had spent decades falsely imprisoned, more than police or prosecutorial misconduct was at fault. We all shared the blame.
The same holds true in revelations contained in a blockbuster new book by a New Haven author about the massive, deadly crimes and assaults on democracy perpetrated by late FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
Meanwhile, it continued raining money on New Haven this week — and a new climate czar promised to keep seeding the clouds in order to make our city greener.
Those challenges are the subject of the latest opinionated v‑log news summary direct from the New Haven Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap. Click on the video at the top of the story to watch it.
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Adam Carmon reunites with his son outside court Monday.
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Re: the Adam Carmon situation, does anyone know if there have ever been , in CT. any prosecutorial
misconduct arrests/ convictions in CT., ever? If evidence was supressed , it should sure happen .
Re: good ole J. Edgar, the fact that he was allowed to continue to do the damage he did, when any number of presidents could have got rid of him is one of the most shameful parts of US history in my lifetime. I wish the book could have been written long ago.