By TOM WIEDMANN
May 27, 2021 at 10:13 AM
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was joined by former president Barack Obama and community leaders across the nation in a conversation aimed to share best practices to “continue to center racial equity.”
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was joined by former president Barack Obama and community leaders across .
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May 27, 2021 at 10:13 AM
NEWARK, NJ A key toward achieving racial equality in communities could come through means of reform in policing and public safety, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka highlighted during a panel discussion with former President Barack Obama.
Baraka was joined on Wednesday by the former U.S. president and community leaders across the nation to participate in a conversation hosted by My Brother s Keeper Alliance, aimed to share ideas and best practices to “continue to center racial equity, the activism the country has seen since George Floyd was killed, and the need to revamp public safety.
By TOM WIEDMANN
April 21, 2021 at 6:18 PM
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka joined community leaders and social justice advocates on April 21 in front of the Lincoln statue at West Market Street to call for police reform measures.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka joined community leaders and social justice advocates on April 21 in front .
Credits: Tom Wiedmann
Jason De Sousa (left), a high school student from Elizabeth, and Giovana Castaneda, a student at Rutgers-Newark, came out to the rally on April 21 to show their solidarity with the community.
Jason De Sousa (left), a high school student from Elizabeth, and Giovana Castaneda, a student at .
N.J. needs to do more, activists say at rally after Derek Chauvin verdict
Updated Apr 21, 2021;
Posted Apr 21, 2021
The People s Organization for Progress (POP) holds a rally in Newark the day after the verdict comes down in the Derek Chauvin case. Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media
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It was a reminder that New Jersey politicians have promised accountability in policing since Chuavin killed Floyd, but little has been accomplished yet.
“Since Mr. Floyd’s killing a year ago, New Jersey has done precious little in the area of building accountability into policing in this state,” said New Jersey Institute of Social Justice President Ryan Haygood.
Protesters call for federal civil rights probe into fatal police shooting in Newark
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
Civil rights activists are calling on New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor to investigate the fatal shooting of Carl Dorsey III by a Newark plainclothes detective, after authorities released a videotape of the chaotic, deadly encounter just after midnight on New Year’s Day, and appeared to contradict an earlier assertion by local officials that weapons were recovered at the scene.
“Tonight, I’m calling publicly on Rachel Honig, the acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, to launch a civil rights investigation into the murder of Carl Dorsey,” said People’s Organization for Progress Chairman Lawrence Hamm, addressing two dozen protestors gathered in the bitter cold Thursday night at the scene of shooting on South 11th Street at Woodlawn Avenue.
No body, dash camera footage exists in fatal police-involved shooting, AG’s office says
Updated Jan 09, 2021;
Posted Jan 09, 2021
The intersection of South 11th Street and Woodland Avenue in Newark, N.J. on Jan. 1, 2021. The New Jersey Attorney General s Office is investigating a fatal police shooting in the area.Michael Sol Warren | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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No police body or dash camera footage exists in the fatal shooting of Carl Dorsey III by a Newark detective in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, the state Attorney General’s Office told NJ Advance Media on Friday.