Jersey City POBA president-elects talks making union changes, addressing community concerns
Jersey City Police Officers Benevolent Association President-Elect Joe Cossolini talked about making union changes, addressing community concerns, and more during a lengthy phone interview last week.
From left to right: newly elected Jersey City Police Officers Benevolent Association 2nd Vice President Jimmy Woods, President Joe Cossolini, and Vice President Rashaun Spence. Photo courtesy of Joe Cossolini.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“The reason why we were successful was the diversity of our ticket: it reflected the makeup of the department, years on the job, gender, and everything else. Not that Carmine didn’t do that, but nine years is a long time and I think his message got lost,” Cossolini explained.
Jersey City POBA elects new president and his leadership team to three-year terms
Jersey City Police Officers Benevolent Association President-Elect Joe Cossolini. Screenshot via Twitter.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Carmine Disbrow was seeking a fourth term as the POBA president after being elected in 2012, 2015, and 2018, but he was defeated handily by Det. Joseph Cossolini at the union’s election – which occurs every three years – which was tallied on April 15th.
With 459 ballots counted, Cossolini secured 351 to Disbrow’s 108, with the detective’s slate all securing at least 307 votes and pulling off a clean sweep, according to tally forwarded to HCV.
Jersey City rally sparks debate over ‘F - the pigs’ chant
Updated Apr 19, 2021;
A Saturday rally in Jersey City sparked debate after video circulated online of marchers shouting “F - the pigs,” apparently at police officers stationed on the street.
A video clip of roughly 100 protestors shouting the slogan as they approach a Jersey City Police Department vehicle drew criticism from Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, who called the chant “inflammatory + infectious rhetoric which only further divides us” on Twitter.
“Obscenities being hurled at police officers who risk their lives every day is unacceptable, we should agree this isn’t an appropriate way to express grievances + it undermines calls for change,” he wrote.
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By John Heinis/Hudson County View
On Saturday, Black Men United Jersey City held what they referred to as a “Black Power Rally” at Berry Lane Park to address national and local problems with the police.
Mayor Steven Fulop tweeted a 20-second cell phone video from the event where it showed demonstrators chanting “f the pigs,” writing that he supports civil demonstrations and protests, but not “inflammatory + infectious rhetoric which only further divides us like this.”
“Obscenities being hurled at police officers who risk their lives every day is unacceptable, we should agree this isn’t an appropriate way to express grievances + it undermines calls for change.”