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In this image taken from May 23, 2020, video released by the New Jersey Attorney General s Office, Maurice Gordon, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., unbuckles his seatbelt before exiting a New Jersey State Trooper s vehicle in Bass River, N.J. Gordon was fatally shot by the state trooper. (New Jersey Attorney General s Office via AP)
It’s been a year since a New Jersey State Trooper fatally shot Maurice Gordon Jr. during a traffic stop. Racquel Barrett, Gordon’s mother in London, said waiting for the grand jury to convene, and what she feels is a lack of communication by authorities, has only added to the trauma of losing her son.
Among the charges brought in the lawsuit are that officials failed to protect Gordon, a Black man, and other Black people, despite a history of troopers.