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Newark PD Placed Under Federal Oversight Due to Excessive Force, Civil Rights Violations

The Newark Police Department, the largest police force in New Jersey, is being placed under federal oversight in response to a three-year investigation which uncovered unconstitutional practices that amounted to violations of citizens’ civil rights. The Department was found to have conducted thousands of pedestrian stops, of which 75% were unconstitutional because they lacked… Read More »