Five cops charged after black man paralyzed in police custody

Five US police officers have been arrested and charged over involvement in an incident that left a black man in the state of Connecticut paralyzed while in police custody.

Officers Oscar Diaz, Jocelyn Lavandier, Ronald Pressley, Luis Rivera and Sgt. Betsy Segui were charged with a misdemeanor of second-degree, reckless endangerment and cruelty to a person, according to arrest warrants filed in the Connecticut superior court.   

Randy Cox, 36, suffered serious injuries to his neck and spine after he was arrested on suspicion of illegally possessing a handgun in June . . .