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NJ Officer Justified In Shooting Man Who Charged At Police Swinging Large Knife: Grand Jury NJ Officer Justified In Shooting Man Who Charged At Police Swinging Large Knife: Grand Jury
NJ Officer Justified In Shooting Man Who Charged At Police Swinging Large Knife: Grand Jury A Hillsborough police officer was justified in shooting a 19-year-old man who charged at him and his colleagues while swinging a large knife, authorities said. "Take your gun and shoot me," Joshua Mathis told several police officers before he charged at them and was shot dead in an apartment on Corporal Langon Way on Jan. 9. Bodycam videos released by Attorney General Matthew Platkin's office clearly captured the confrontation. Despite the circumstances, state law and his own guidelines required Platkin to investigate the incident and present it to a grand jury. The panel earlier this we…

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