Connecticut officers placed on leave after mayor says he's 'extremely disappointed' in police leadership following investigation into the deaths of two Black women
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The mayor of a Connecticut city has ordered two police officers be placed on administrative leave after the families of two Black women criticized the police responses and investigations into their deaths.
Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim expressed his condolences Sunday to the families of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls, saying in a statement he is "extremely disappointed with the leadership of the Bridgeport Police Department."
Smith-Fields, 23, and Rawls, 53, both died on December 12, 2021 -- but unlike Smith-Fields, who's death is now being investigated as a crime, Rawls' cause and manner of death are still pending, according to the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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