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There will be just one gubernatorial debate: Tonight at 7:00 on NJ 101.5.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Hirsh Singh, running his fourth campaign for office in as many years, demanded NJ PBS hold tomorrow s planned debate in person despite previously agreeing to the format. He also refused to take a COVID test ahead of it. So the network pulled the plug.
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George Floyd s image is projected on the Robert E. Lee Monument on June 18, 2020 in Richmond. Judges have denied the administration of Gov. Ralph Northam permission to remove the state-owned statue from Monument Avenue. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
VIRGINIA On the one-year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd at the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, people across Virginia and the country are remembering Floyd s life and pledging to sustain pressure on leaders to enact comprehensive police reforms.
The killing of Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020, ignited an unprecedented movement in U.S. history as hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life took to the streets to express their outrage and to call for an end to similar types of police misconduct in their own communities.
Want to know how many Blacks, Asians or Latinos are employed by New Jersey’s police forces? The answer is no one knows a year after a new law requiring the state to provide such information went on the books.
Not only does the state not have the information although officials are promising it will be ready by early 2022 but a public records request made by the USA TODAY Network New Jersey to the state s
540 police departments generated only 53 replies.
“If you’re not measuring what you’re doing, how are you ever going to improve?” said Jiles Ship, president of the New Jersey chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives. “We have to really develop a matrix to measure what we’re doing.”
NJ police diversity: George Floyd murder one year later njherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from njherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) is “seriously” contemplating a run for the U.S. Senate, one that could make her the first Black person and only second woman to represent Florida as a Senator.
The 2022 race would potentially pit Demings, a Democrat, against incumbent Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican. Demings was elected to the House of Representatives in 2016, and she sits on committees that include the Judiciary and Homeland Security.
In 2018, she was the only Black woman selected to serve as an impeachment manager during proceedings against then-president Donald Trump. The Congresswoman was also reportedly on the short list when then-candidate Joe Biden was selecting a running mate to be vice-president. At the time, Demings released a statement about her personal and professional journey.