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PATERSON The number of excessive force complaints filed against Paterson police officers in recent years was about 27% higher than those for Newark and Jersey City cities with far more residents, far more cops and more crime. Paterson police received 156 excessive force complaints from 2015 through 2019, while Jersey City had 123 and Newark had 122, Paterson Press found in analyzing five years of Internal Affairs reports for the state s three most populous cities. Paterson also had the lowest rate of excessive force complaints that were sustained during that period about 1%, compared with about 3% for Jersey City and 19% for Newark, the annual reports showed. For all three cities, the vast majority of the excessive force complaints were filed by residents. ....
Presented by Uber Driver Stories Good Wednesday morning! Assemblymember Jamel Holley (D-Union) made it formal yesterday: He’s primarying his former running mate, state Sen. Joe Cryan (D-Union). Holley, who’s Black, put out an announcement video that portrays him in the mold of Martin Luther King, Jr., RFK (Sr.), John Lewis and Barack Obama. It made only glancing references to the anti-vaccine conspiracy theories he’s spent the last couple years pushing (with some help by RFK Jr.), and none to the false theories he’s promoted about “This candidacy for State Senate is not about me. It’s about the boy in Elizabeth whose parents came to this country to seek a better life and many of the same services and support I received when I was young,” Holley said in a statement. ....
Paterson Black Lives Matter will give free lunches to first responders including cops Replay Video UP NEXT PATERSON Police officers the targets of numerous Black Lives Matter protests across the country are among the first responders who will be eligible to get free lunches from a BLM activist group in Paterson on Tuesday. Zellie Thomas, leader of the Paterson BLM movement, said the “solidarity rally” and distribution of 100 free meals are designed to “show appreciation for first responders and front-line workers” during the pandemic. He said the event stemmed from a suggestion by the owners of a local Jamaican restaurant, Mamma’s Kitchen, which has been providing BLM discounted meals for senior citizens. ....