*** Media Advisory *** State Representative Derell Wilson, Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump, to host press conference on Mental Health and Law Enforcement, Thursday, April 30th
Conner, Desmond
For PLANNING PURPOSES Contact: Desmond Conner
Thursday, April 23, 2026 desmond...@cga.ct.gov
*** Media Advisory ***
State Representative Derell Wilson (D- Norwich) will join civil rights and personal injury attorney Benjamin Crump for a press conference on Mental Health and Law Enforcement on Thursday, April 30th, in Room 2B of the Legislative Office Building.
Crump was in Hartford recently and spoke on behalf of the family of Steven "Stevie" Jones, a Black Man fatally wounded by a Hartford police officer in February.
The press conference will also serve as a precursor to Rep. Wilson's "Legislative Day," when over 100 students from the CT NAACP Youth & College Division will learn how the legislative process works from beginning to end, including passing a bill.
Considering recent events, the students will work to pass a bill on mental health and law enforcement, aiming to bring it to the floor during the 2027 legislative session.
Who: State Representative Derell Wilson, and Benjamin Crump, civil rights and personal injury attorney
What: Press Conference on Mental Health and Law Enforcement
When: Thursday, April 30, 2026
9:30 a.m. Press Conference, Room 2B, LOB, 300 Capitol Ave., Hartford
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Desmond Conner
Press Department
Connecticut House Democrats
Office: 860-240-0071
Cell: 203-376-0847
Rep. Belton (Middletown), Chair, Black Maternal Health & Infant Care
Rep. Biggins (East Hartford, Manchester)
Rep. Bumgardner (Groton, Stonington), Vice Chair, Environment
Rep. Exum (West Hartford, Avon), Deputy Maj. Leader, Vice Chair, Appropriations, Tri-Chair, Transforming Children’s
Behavioral Health
Rep. Jacobson (Stamford)
Rep. Kavros DeGraw (Avon, Canton), Chair, Planning and Development; Co-chair, Bipartisan Women’s Caucus
Rep. McGee (West Haven), Dep. Maj. Leader, Vice Chair, Black Maternal Health & Infant Care
Rep. Paris (Stamford), Chair, Committee on Children; Vice Chair, Appropriations
Rep. M. Sanchez (New Britain), Chair, Labor and Public Employees Committee
Rep. Wilson (Norwich), Vice Chair, Labor and Public Employees
Rep. Wood (Rocky Hill, Wethersfield), Chair, Insurance and Real Estate
