Inspector general concludes that Hartford officer was justified in fatally shooting man in February

The Connecticut Office of the Inspector General has determined that a Hartford police officer was justified in fatally shooting a man who approached another officer with a knife during a mental health crisis earlier this year, according to a report released on Tuesday. The report determined that Officer Alexander Clifford’s use of deadly force against 53-year-old Everard Walker on Feb. 19 was legally justified because Walker posed an imminent threat of serious injury or death to another...