November 5, 2010: NEWARK — Newark Mayor Cory Booker may not want a federal probe into the city’s police department, but a majority of city council members are pleading for one.
Six council members signed off on a letter sent Thursday to the U.S. Department of Justice. It asks the federal government to honor a petition by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and investigate the Newark Police Department for allegations of misconduct and use of excessive force. Click here for full story.
Newark council members defy Booker, call for federal probe into police misconduct allegations
Posted in: Human Rights, News
– November 9, 2010