Criminal Justice Reform Leader Accused Of Interfering With Cops

STRATFORD, CT — A Stratford resident who is also a criminal justice reform advocate of national renown is accused of interfering with Waterbury police who were responding to a reported home invasion, according to the Connecticut Post.

Louis Reed is the national organizing director of #Cut 50 and was charged with interfering with police and violating probation on a Trumbull larceny conviction, the Post reported. Reed turned himself in to Stratford police in December after learning of a warrant for his arrest and he was released on $500 bond pending an April arraignment, according to the newspaper.

Waterbury police responded to a possible home invasion in October but were confronted by Reed, who denied there was a problem, refused entry and yelled in one officer’s face, according to the Post. The home’s tenant confirmed there was no home invasion, and that Reed was his landlord and had come to fix the dishwasher, the Post reported.

Reed declined comment to the Post, other than to say his statements had been covered by reporters “who have more sensitivity” to issues regarding people affected by “the criminal legal system.”

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