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At councilwoman’s event to condemn derogatory comments, speaker calls mayor homophobic slur
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
The event was supposed to address past comments one member of council used against another.
And the speakers mainly did that this past Friday, on the steps of City Hall in Trenton, speaking in support of City Council President Kathy McBride. Last week, fellow council member Jerell Blakeley publicly apologized for calling her an “illiterate crackhead prostitute” last year, after news of the comment surfaced in local media reports.
But the second speaker at the Friday event, Divine Allah, teed off on Mayor Reed Gusciora, describing him as “this white boy mayor, this little f -.” Gusciora is the city’s first openly gay mayor.
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N.J. councilman who called colleague an ‘illiterate crackhead prostitute’ apologizes publicly
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
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He apologized for the April 2020 comments, and did so again Monday when the incident surfaced.
“Nearly a year ago, the Council President and I had a heated conversation where we used regrettable language. I apologized to her then and I publicly apologize again,” Blakeley told NJ Advance Media. “I am focused on moving Trenton forward while learning from this unfortunate incident.”
The Trentonian was first to report the exchange, finding it among a stack of transcripts a judge ordered turned over to the publication in its lawsuit against the city last spring for violating the Open Public Meetings Act by holding the coronavirus meetings, the publication reported.
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