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WHYY By 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. ....
New Jersey AG Spent $270,000 to Investigate Media Reports on Top State Cop On 4/22/21 at 5:19 PM EDT The New Jersey Attorney General s Office spent nearly $270,000 to investigate coverage from Newsweek and other outlets regarding the acting head of the New Jersey State Police s handling of a corruption case. News of the probe and its price tag come amid calls for police reform and transparency nationwide, including in New Jersey, where Acting State Police Superintendent Patrick J. Callahan has not received a confirmation hearing in three and a half years. Newsweek first reported on June 16 of last year that Callahan, then deputy superintendent of operations, held an informal sitdown in March 2017 with Sussex County Prosecutor Francis A. Koch and two other officials at a Bound Brook diner, where Callahan revealed that one of his troopers had filed corruption charges against the prosecutor s office. The charges surrounded the handling of a quashed sexual assault ....