The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the City of Trenton and the Trenton Police Department over police officers' use of force in…
On Tuesday, officials with the U.S. Department of Justice said residents have told them 'we are scared of the law because they don't like us'Federal officials announced Tuesday that the City of Trenton and the Trenton Police Department are being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice over potential civil rights violations concerning the department's"use of force and its stops, searches and arrests.
As an example, she said investigators will be reviewing"problematic uses of force" against individuals who are stopped for minor traffic offenses, those who are complying to police commands or those who are restrained."We also reviewed information suggesting that officers may have used force to punish people for exercising their Constitutional right to observe or question police activity," Clarke said Tuesday.
In discussing this investigation, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger for the District of New Jersey, said that he attended a recent town hall meeting in Trenton, where several attendees stopped him in order to express concerns about the Trenton Police Department.
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