A report by the U.S. Justice Department also accuses the Worcester, Massachusetts, Police Department of using excessive force and racially discriminatory policing.
The Connecticut Appellate Court determined there's "sufficient evidence" to support the damages awarded to relatives of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims and an FBI agent.
Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran, is facing charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely, who Penny held in a chokehold for about six minutes on a New York City subway on May 1, 2023.
Hongchi Xiao, 61, was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence for failing to get medical help for Danielle Carr-Gomm during the fourth day of a workshop in 2016.