Connecticut police officer hugs supporters, appears in court in fatal shooting of Black man

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A white police officer in Connecticut who repeatedly shot a Black man suffering a mental health crisis while his colleagues tried to defuse the situation made his first court appearance Friday on a manslaughter charge . Joseph Magnano did not speak during the brief hearing in Superior Court. He later hugged officers who showed up to support him. Magnano was fired by the Hartford mayor after the fatal shooting of Steven Jones on Feb. 27. The shooting drew wide public

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