Saturday, September 18, 2010

N.J. ACLU Petitions For Oversight Of Newark Police

NEWARK, N.J. (1010 WINS/CBS 2) – The Newark Police Department is under fire Thursday night. The ACLU has filed a formal complaint with the federal government, saying the department has shown a pattern of excessive force and police brutality.

Tony Ivey Jr., 13, was pulled over in a Newark traffic stop with his football coach and another teen in 2008. According to his mother, they were threatened at gunpoint by Newark police.
“It’s not about dragging kids out of a car, putting guns to them, calling them all kinds of verbally abusive names – that’s not the correct way you police your city,” Cassandra Ivey said.

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