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PUNITIVE DAMAGE: Bergen Judge Made Misogynist TikTok Videos In Chambers, In Bed: Complaint PUNITIVE DAMAGE: Bergen Judge Made Misogynist TikTok Videos In Chambers, In Bed: Complaint
Punitive Damage: Bergen Judge Made Misogynist TikTok Videos In Chambers, In Bed: Complaint A New Jersey criminal judge is accused of creating offensive videos in his chambers at the Bergen County courthouse in Hackensack, as well as partly undressed in his bed. Using a pseudonym," Superior Court Judge Gary N. Wilcox created 40 public TikTok videos, some containing profanity and graphic sexual terms for body parts, others with violent, misogynist and racist terms, a complaint against him alleges. In one video, Wilcox wears a “Beavis and Butt-Head” T-shirt while walking through the county courthouse to the sound of the Nas song "Get Down," which concerns a courtroom shooting and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New NJ Civil Rights Director Rachel Wainer Apter Of Englewood Boasts Prestigious Law Record New NJ Civil Rights Director Rachel Wainer Apter Of Englewood Boasts Prestigious Law Record
New NJ Civil Rights Director Rachel Wainer Apter Of Englewood Boasts Prestigious Law Record Rachel Wainer Apter of Englewood already had a distinguished resume when New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal appointed her Thursday as the new director of the state Division on Civil Rights. Apter, 38, most recently has served as Grewal’s counsel on civil right and immigration – and led the New Jersey team that defeated a motion by Texas and seven other states to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). “This is a unique time for civil rights law in New Jersey,” Apter said. “While civil rights are under siege at the national level, the New Jersey legislature has been dram…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Former New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne Dies At 93 Former New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne Dies At 93
Former New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne Dies At 93 HACKENSACK, N.J. – Former New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne died Thursday. He was 93. “We ask all New Jerseyans to put Governor Byrne and his family in your prayers tonight,” Gov. Chris Christie said in a statement Thursday. Byrne had a long career of public service, serving as counsel to Governor Meyner, Deputy Attorney General, Essex County Prosecutor, Superior Court Judge and two-term Governor of New Jersey. “He did each of those jobs with integrity, honesty, intelligence, wit and flair,” Christie said. “He cared deeply for the state's environment, led the charge for the development of the…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson