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To Protect and Serve…Ourselves: How Police Unions Stand in the Way of Much Needed Accountability and Transparency in New Jersey

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 6:25pm by Anonymous

Asked about police intervention in Paterson by editor Tom Moran, Jerry Speziale, the public safety director in Paterson, provided a sobering response: “Today’s victims are tomorrow’s shooters,” he said. “You get retaliation… You go out and become the shooter. So, it’s almost like that, going back and forth.”

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And the Police Chief said, Let them shop

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 6:24pm by George

Ignoring calls for budget reallocation and structural reform, the City of Paterson responds to community outcry by hosting a “Shop with a Cop Event” no one asked for.

It’s called copaganda.

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Whose City?: Examining the Correlation Between Development and Policing in the City of Paterson

Mon, 02/24/2025 - 12:49pm by palantetech

As politicians work with corporate and business partners to reinvent Paterson’s economy, increased policing is raising concerns for Patersonians trying to reclaim their right to the city

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