Probe Sought Against Judge Who Allegedly Used Racial Epithet
The co-chairman of the state legislature's judiciary committee wants a full review of allegations that a judge charged with drunken driving last month angrily hurled epithets at police officers during her arrest, called a black state police sergeant nigger and told officers she was a state judge.
Judge E. Curtissa R. Cofield, 59, who is black, also referred to state police Sgt. Dwight Washington as "Negro Washington" during her Oct. 9 arrest -- which was captured by police video recorders -- Courant columnist Kevin Rennie, a lawyer and former state legislator, wrote in his column in Sunday's Courant.
"Assuming it's true that she made those extremely racist comments, that can't be tolerated -- from a judge, of all people," state Rep. Michael Lawlor, D-East Haven, said Monday. |