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We tend to see familiar patterns in the life around us. When a Trinity student was badly beaten on a street bordering the college, we saw violence coming from the neighborhood. When the Hartford police released a description of the suspects as white women and men in their twenties, many of us didn't let that alter our understanding of what had happened.
But in the four weeks since the assault, other versions of the story have trickled out across the campus and through the city.
There have been no arrests. The Hartford Police Department stopped offering details and refused to comment even on the repeated allegation that nothing was taken from the victim.
Today, on this show, you'll hear for the first time that they have followed, among other leads, reports that point to Trinity students as possible attackers.
But on the Trinity campus, there has been some soul searching.
And, of course, the story didn't happen in a vacuum. The sometimes tough Frog Hollow neighborhood is a constant drumbeat in Trinity's narrative. So, on today's show, a longer conversation about that.
Later in the show, we check in with Governor Dannel Malloy about yesterday's historic vote in the senate to repeal the state death penalty.
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