'What capable officer, in his or her right mind, would want to work for such a city?' -- U.S. Magistrate Judge William Garfinkel ... Full Report To Follow Via Inquiring News

COACH TYLON OUTLAW
Renowned Coach of Bloomfield High School State Championship Football Team [2015]
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The city of Hartford has some major explaining to do.

Former college football star Tylon Outlaw, victim of a vicious police beat down 14 years ago, had his $454,197 civil rights award affirmed in March of this year by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The city still has not paid.

Why not?

For perspective, here's more from U.S. Magistrate Judge William Garfinkel, in a Nov. 13, 2017 ruling in a related case:

“The City’s position, in addition to being unsupported by precedent, is bewildering. How can Hartford maintain a qualified police force when it is willing to expose its officers to personal liability for compensatory damages for civil rights judgments? What capable officer, in his or her right mind, would want to work for such a city? And what message does this send to the community, the residents of Hartford, when their governing officials promote a position that, in all likelihood, will leave them without full compensation for injuries in the event that they are the victims of a civil rights violation?”

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