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Bodycam Shows State Trooper Was Justified Shooting Man Who Charged At Police With Hunting Knife Bodycam Shows State Trooper Was Justified Shooting Man Who Charged At Police With Hunting Knife
Bodycam Shows State Trooper Was Justified Shooting Man Who Charged At Police With Hunting Knife Thanks to a body camera, a New Jersey State Police trooper was found completely justified in shooting a man who charged at him and fellow troopers with a hunting knife, authorities announced Friday. The results were among the first under a new directive for police use-of-force investigations in New Jersey issued earlier this month by state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal. The troopers had gone to a Hardwick home in Warren County on June 12, 2018 to investigate a domestic dispute, the attorney general said. Witnesses told them Stephen Cogelia, 32, had threatened to kill his father, saying, “…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: One Dead In Secaucus Police-Involved Shooting UPDATE: One Dead In Secaucus Police-Involved Shooting
Update: One Dead In Secaucus Police-Involved Shooting Police from Secaucus and other agencies responded to a Secaucus residential development Sunday night for what one official said was a domestic incident.  A person identified only as a male civilian was shot and killed during the incident, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said in a statement late Sunday. Grewal's office described the incident as an officer-involved shooting, but did not say which law enforcement agency's officer or officers were involved.  Several Secaucus police as well as Jersey City police responded to the 300 block of Sea Isle Key in Harmon Cove around 6 p.m. The Hudson C…

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by Paul Milo