Shantell Fields, Lauren Smith-Fields' mother, stands with family members during a rally at the Morton Government Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Sunday. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media via APIn a notice announcing an intent to sue, an attorney for the relatives of Lauren Smith-Fields accused a Connecticut police department of being “racially insensitive” toward them and bungling its investigation into the young Black woman’s death. “They have failed to investigate this matter, and they refuse to view the last person with Lauren Smith-Fields before she died as a person of interest. This behavior is unacceptable.”In the notice, Crosland says police failed to contact Smith-Fields’ family, leaving her loved ones to find out about her death from her landlord. AdvertisementRelatives of Lauren Smith-Fields, who died on Dec. 12, say there are inconsistencies in the police report about the 23-year-old's death.

Source: Huffington Post January 24, 2022 23:18 UTC