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.