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Meriden man files lawsuit against city, police after claiming retaliation for criticizing department

MERIDEN — A Meriden man has filed a lawsuit against the city and police officials, alleging the police department publicized the arrest of his son as retaliatio...
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MERIDEN — A Meriden man has filed a lawsuit against the city and police officials, alleging the police department publicized the arrest of his son as retaliation for him being outspoken against the department.

According to The Record-Journal, Christopher Dingwell Sr. filed the lawsuit last month.

He said he obtained an email from the police union president to the police chief, requesting a news release be issued about the March 2016 arrest of his son, Christopher Dingwell, Jr.

The email said the younger Dingwell was charged with throwing a facsimile gun out of a car during a traffic stop, but “more importantly” his father is among the department’s “most outspoken critics.”

A news release was later issued and details of the arrest were posted on Facebook.

The city manager declined to comment. The chief and union president could not be reached.

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