Rell Decries Judge's Racial Comments

Connecticut Superior Court Judge E. Curtissa R. Cofield, 59, arrested last month for drunk driving, has applied for the state's alcohol education program. At the time of her arrest, Cofield, who is black, "angrily made racial comments, including repeated references to a black state police sergeant, Dwight Washington, as 'Negro Washington' during her Oct. 9 Glastonbury arrest captured by police video." Gov. Jodi Rell called the incident and Cofield's comments "clearly reprehensible." Read more.