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The federal Department of Justice needs to rescue the people of Paterson by moving to take control of this broken department, just as it did in Newark to stop the brutality there, and with the State Police to stop troopers who were targeting Black drivers.This is a copy of our weekly Wednesday a.m. Opinion newsletter, which points out the most popular editorials and op-eds of the past week.
“Today’s victims are tomorrow’s shooters,” he said. “If it’s not a serious shooting, an arm or a buttocks, what do you do? You go out and become the shooter. So, it’s almost like that, going back and forth.” This was the civilian head of a police department now infamous for corruption and brutality. Five officers are in jail today, convicted of robbing innocent civilians. Another became famous for beating up a suspect, on video, in a hallway of police headquarters. When I dug into the archives at The Paterson Press I found that citizens complain of brutality far more often than in Newark or Jersey City, and almost never get redress.
This is, to put it mildly, outrageous. During a four-hour standoff, police turned down all help, and blew these opportunities to de-escalate. The officers who shot Seabrooks may have been justified in their split-second decision; we don’t know yet. But why did their supervisors let it come to that?
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