Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:46 a.m.

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King's accusers face new scrutiny

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, January 19, 2007

Ward 22 Alderman Rev. Drew King — who was arrested multiple times and briefly jailed for allegedly assaulting a woman and then trying to make contact with her — may have been set up to be arrested and publicly humiliated by resentful tenants of the property he owns on Edgewood Avenue.

Interviews with residents of the neighborhood in which the incident took place, including tenants of the property and its neighbors, suggest that King, 55, may not be guilty of the crimes with which he was initially charged. The primary witnesses to the event — the residents of the property — are said...

#1 By Robin W. 10:54p.m. on December 1, 2008

What an underwhelming headline for what is an amazingly reported (and quite explosive) story. Great job, Andrew.

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