Justice for Malik Jones!

Malik Jones is a son, father, brother and grandchild who was brutally murdered by an East Haven police officer, Robert Fludquist, in 1997. We are approaching the 20th anniversary of his death, and his mother, Emma Jones, and his family have yet to get justice. Robert Fludquist shot and killed Malik because Malik allegedly gave him “a go-to-hell look.”

Malik’s mother Emma has fought for justice ever since, in the courts, in the streets, and in local law. Seeing that the police Internal Affairs were of no help, Emma drafted a Civilian Review Board proposal, which passed in a voter referendum, only to be rendered powerless by the city’s mayor. Since then, grassroots organizing put the blueprint for the CRB into the New Haven city charter. 

We are now working to give real authority to the CRB by pushing for statewide legislative changes that would empower every city in Connecticut to develop a powerful tool for police accountability. This website is intended to document our process, and to collect and provide resources for other cities to do the same. We do this because Black lives matter, because Black lives have always mattered, and because if no one else will protect us as Black people, we’ll fight to protect ourselves.