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RACIAL ATTACK: Off-Duty Jersey City Officer Brutally Beaten By 10 Men RACIAL ATTACK: Off-Duty Jersey City Officer Brutally Beaten By 10 Men
Racial Attack: Off-Duty Jersey City Officer Brutally Beaten By 10 Men An off-duty Jersey City police officer was hospitalized after being beaten by a group of 10 men in a racially-motivated attack over the weekend, authorities said. The 42-year-old white officer was bleeding form his head and face when his colleagues were flagged down near Grove Street and Newark Avenue around 3:30 a.m. Sunday, city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. The officer was assaulted by a group of 10 males, who were also shouting racially motivated insults at the victim, she said. The unnamed victim identified himself as an off-duty police officer multiple times throughout…

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by Cecilia Levine