The FBI is opening up the books on the 2011 arrest and death of Ryan O'Loughlin, of Mystic, The Westerly Sun reported.
A request to review allegations of civil rights violations in the case was made, and the article says that these requests are routinely checked out, citing an FBI spokesperson.
The article clarifies that a review is not the same as an investigation--they are two "separate and distinct" processes.
O'Loughlin's death, which followed his June 9 arrest outside a High Street business in Westerly, has been ruled a homicide by the Connecticut Medical Examiner's Office, the article says, adding that O'Loughlin's family has accused the arresting policeman of being responsible for his death.
