New Jersey police targeted black and Latino neighborhoods to fulfill ticket quotas, officers say
The department pointed to allegations of racial profiling which it had faced in October, after which an investigation by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office discovered no criminal activity. It also cited a statement from Mayor Francis Womack III in response to the investigation.
But police officers, who said the practice ended in 2018 after the Palisades Parkway Police Department came under heat for“The repercussions are still being felt,” said Mike Campbell, a veteran officer of the police department. “Some people still have warrants. Some are still paying summonses, some have experienced suspensions or they lost their job.”
“I had got a warrant that I didn’t know about,” he said. “Just came back from school. Got pulled over, they locked me up.”“I have a car — had a car. Can’t use it because I don’t have a license,” Brown said. Now, he added, his grandmother must drive him everywhere.
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