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Bias Incidents Investigated At Bergen School Whose Principal Remains Suspended Bias Incidents Investigated At Bergen School Whose Principal Remains Suspended
Bias Incidents Investigated At Bergen School Whose Principal Remains Suspended A Bergen County school already unsettled by the suspension of its principal earlier this year is now dealing with a pair of bias incidents -- one a racial slur written in a boy’s bathroom and another an anonymous email to a staffer that “signifies slavery.” Police and school district officials in Wyckoff said they were working together to determine who was responsible for the bias incidents at Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School. “Sadly there have been several incidents of racism, cultural insensitivity and an overall lack of acceptance for those who appear to be different than ourselves,” V…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Essex County Man, 34, Charged With Harassment After String Of Morris County ‘Bias’ Incidents Essex County Man, 34, Charged With Harassment After String Of Morris County ‘Bias’ Incidents
Essex County Man, 34, Charged With Harassment After String Of Morris County ‘Bias’ Incidents A man from Essex County has been charged with harassment after he made vulgar comments in three separate Morris County “bias instances,” police said. The 34-year-old Orange man is first accused of approaching the owner of a home on North Passaic Avenue in Chatham Borough and asking about a room for rent around 11:50 a.m. on April 26, police said. When the owner told the man that he was mistaken, the man asked to enter the home and use a phone — a request the owner declined, police said. The man, whose name was not immediately released by police, allegedly made “vulgar and bias type comment…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Haworth Police Treating 'Cabbage Night' Shaving Cream Swastikas As Bias Incident Haworth Police Treating 'Cabbage Night' Shaving Cream Swastikas As Bias Incident
Haworth Police Treating 'Cabbage Night' Shaving Cream Swastikas As Bias Incident UPDATE: Haworth police said they found no evidence that anyone was targeted by five swastikas drawn in shaving cream on a borough street during last week's "Cabbage Night." They nonetheless were treating the Halloween-morning discovery as a bias incident. "We wholeheartedly and completely condemn any symbol of hate," Sgt. Justin Fox said Monday. "An investigation is continuing to determine who was responsible." Following law enforcement guidelines, borough police also alerted the state Division of Criminal Justice, the State Police and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. The first …

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by Jerry DeMarco