
Black family alleges Connecticut police department was 'racially insensitive' and mishandled investigation of their daughter's death
CNN
The family of a Connecticut woman who died last month is accusing a local police department of violating their civil rights and mishandling the subsequent investigation.
Lauren Smith-Fields, a 23-year-old Black woman, was found unresponsive in her home on December 12, 2021, by a Bridgeport Police Department officer, according to a police incident report obtained by CNN from the family's attorney.
The individual who called the police was a man she had met on the Bumble dating app and had been on a date with the night prior, according to police.

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