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Newark Police Department (New Jersey) Established in April 1857, the Newark Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency serving Newark, New Jersey, and the largest municipal law enforcement agency in New Jersey. As of December 2017 the force had 1,146 officers.

NEW: DOJ just released 43 pages of supplemental material from the Mueller investigation FBI 302s in response to my/@BuzzFeedNews and CNN's long running #FOIA lawsuit. This release contains txt messages, a letter to Nunes & Schiff from Carter Page & more documentcloud.org/documents/2112…

“The fear of the southern aristocracy is that the poor and Black people will come together and create a voting block that changes economic structures.” Rev. Barber @RevDrBarber

Locked in, locked out: Re-entry after incarceration and the Clean Slate Act wbng.com/2021/11/18/loc…

Hear from @BucknellU professor @Nina_EBanks in our 50th episode of the #WomeninEconomics Podcast Series #WiE50episodes ow.ly/sDUZ50Gaymc

The @AP analyzed data on approximately 3,000 instances of police use of force against children under 16 over the past 11 years. Black children made up more than 50% of those who were handled forcibly, though they are only 15% of the U.S. child population. apnews.com/article/death-…

The November #Manufacturing Survey indicates labor shortages remain a key inhibitor in meeting higher demand for goods. “Availability of sufficient labor to run our operations is the number one issue moving into 2022," a respondent noted. bit.ly/30yUoFV #Workforce

#ICYMI: The latest quarterly databooks for the Tenth District are now out - bit.ly/3xGnk9X

“There’s an unholy alliance between #racism & #sexism & #classism & the pornographic sums of money behind the #filibuster. Mr. President, it’s time to stop the cowards from controlling & undermining the country.” @RevDrBarber to @POTUS #NoMoreExcuses #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Why a Third Reconstruction? "The issue is not whether or not the Republican Party will survive or the Democratic Party will survive, but whether America will survive.” yesmagazine.org/issue/a-new-so… @RevDrBarber @Kairos_Center @UniteThePoor @DarrickHamilton @liztheo

We were told during the impeachment trials that Congress can do more than one thing at a time. Why aren’t we talking about voting rights, living wages, reparations, police reform, immigrant justice, climate justice, etc. now?

DoD delaying release of extremism report politi.co/30FhwTp via @politico

The court heard closing arguments today in the "Unite the Right" civil trial against the most notorious white nationalists in the country. The case is in jurors' hands now. They begin deliberations Friday. Here's my report from the courthouse: buzzfeednews.com/article/christ…

A follow-up to an investigation earlier this year inside a plot by three current and former Florida guards who were Ku Klux Klan members to kill a Black former inmate. bit.ly/3BV0YF9

NEW: Some Florida prison guards openly tout associations with white supremacist groups to intimidate inmates and Black colleagues by @AP investigative reporter @JHDearen: bit.ly/3x0WYkd

UPDATED: Turns out three people have been charged as part of this drug investigation that led the feds to seize a plane that landed last week at Gary/Chicago International Airport. They also recovered 100 kilograms of cocaine. Story: bit.ly/3qjygKH

Man gets one year in prison for paying thousands in bribes to Chicago police officers: bit.ly/3FcCCHG

"It is simply not credible that the entire investigative report must be withheld." Top expert on military justice Eugene R. Fidell (@globalmjreform) @nyulaw @YaleLawSch The Missing Kabul Drone Strike Report #Afghanistan #civcas #drones #Centcom justsecurity.org/78914/the-miss…

FULL STORY: statesman.com/story/news/pol…

BREAKING: The FBI has now charged an 18-year-old Texas National Guard member in the Beth Israel synagogue fire in Austin. An unsealed criminal complaint includes racist and anti-Semitic entries from his personal journal. Franklin Sechriest already was facing state charges. (1/3)