NEW HAVEN, Conn.— A jury has
been picked in the federal police brutality trial of a Meriden cop Evan
Cossette, the son of Meriden Police Chief Jeffry Cossette, is accused of
shoving a handcuffed man in the police department lockup in 2010. The man,
Pedro Temich of Meriden, fell and fractured his skull on a concrete bench.The
incident was recorded on surveillance video, but Cossette says the video was
altered by police officials to leave out key moments when Temich disobeyed
commands to sit down.
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