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3 Paterson Officers Used 'Less Lethal Force' Before Two Shot Non-Violence Activist, AG Says 3 Paterson Officers Used 'Less Lethal Force' Before Two Shot Non-Violence Activist, AG Says
3 Paterson Officers Used 'Less Lethal Force' Before Two Shot Non-Violence Activist, AG Says UPDATE: Three Paterson police officers first employed “less lethal force” before two others shot and killed a local non-violence activist who was in the middle of a mental health crisis last week, the state’s top law enforcement official said Wednesday. Tensions were rising in the city as New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin formally identified Najee Seabrooks, who was killed during the nearly five-hour confrontation at his home last Friday, and the officers who were directly involved in a release on Wednesday. Mayor Andre Sayegh, who has been criticized by community leaders for …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Non-Violence Activist Shot Dead In Police Standoff Was Clearly In Crisis: Advocates Paterson Non-Violence Activist Shot Dead In Police Standoff Was Clearly In Crisis: Advocates
Paterson Non-Violence Activist Shot Dead In Police Standoff Was Clearly In Crisis: Advocates The shooting death of a Paterson non-violence activist following a five-hour barricaded standoff with city police has a pained, shaken and angry community demanding answers. Najee Seabrooks was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson shortly after the 12:30 p.m. shooting at an apartment near the corner of Mill and Edison streets on Friday, March 3, state Attorney General Matthew Platkin confirmed. Although initial details remained sketchy, all agreed that Seabrooks was in a mental health crisis. Officers initially responded to a report of an emotionally distu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Man Gets Free Sandwich From Bodega Worker, Then Shoots Him Dead: TikToker NJ Man Gets Free Sandwich From Bodega Worker, Then Shoots Him Dead: TikToker
NJ Man Gets Free Sandwich From Bodega Worker, Then Shoots Him Dead: TikToker A young deli worker in Brooklyn who was fatally shot by a New Jersey man earlier this month knew his killer, according to a TikTok video.  Not only is Ricardo Senatus, 28, of Newark, a regular at the Flatbush Avenue deli, but he was the same person who 20-year-old worker Fadhl Moosa gave a free sandwich to before he shot him dead during a robbery, user Robbynyc says in the video. "The crazy part is the person that shot him is the same guy that came into the deli earlier and he gave him a free sandwich, bro," Robbynyc says. "Son held it down and he got shot." Senatus was arrested Tuesday a…

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by Nicole Acosta
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'White Privilege': Political Operative Accused Of Trashing Teaneck Board Of Ed Candidate's Sign 'White Privilege': Political Operative Accused Of Trashing Teaneck Board Of Ed Candidate's Sign
'White Privilege': Political Operative Accused Of Trashing Teaneck Board Of Ed Candidate's Sign A community activist recorded images of what he said was a political operative literally trashing a school board election campaign sign at a Teaneck restaurant. Nathan Smalls posted took to Facebook to post the images, which became the subject of a complaint filed with police by one of the aggrieved candidates. Police are investigating the allegation against Gina Gerszberg, who is a part of the leadership team on the Teaneck Democratic Municipal Committee, township Councilman Michael Pagan said Monday. Gerszberg is “a prominent member of the Teaneck political community and a vocal supporte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs 'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs
'The Opposite Of Dangerous: Pharmacy Tech Slain In Paterson Avoided Guns, Gangs Small minds will often wonder when someone is shot and killed in an inner city whether that person somehow had something to do with his or her own death. A chorus of voices rose this weekend, however, after word spread that the man known as “Rei”  -- Ravel Trejo -- had been gunned down outside a city shopping center. Trejo, 32, worked as a pharmacy tech at the CVS on Union Boulevard in Totowa. He was "a cool dude, a down-to-earth person,” wrote friend Mel Taylor. “He wasn’t with that goofy s**t.” “He wasn’t with that s**t at all,” Destinee Corina added. “That’s what makes me so mad!” Na…

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by Jerry DeMarco