Local: Annual Anti-Violence Block Party Will Be Held in Asbury Park, NJ Saturday, August 28th

Share Asbury Park, NJ – The Asbury Park-Neptune NAACP will hold its annual Stop The Violence Block Party from 12-4pm at the WestSide Community Center located on 115 Dewitt Avenue, on Saturday, August 28th. Louis Jordan, a newly hired security manager for the Asbury Park school district will be a guest speaker. Music will be provided by DJ Bill C. The block party is free and open to the public. The Asbury Park-Neptune NAACP will be accepting discount adult membership... Read More

Video: City Council Meeting – Long Branch, NJ + Commentary

Share Long Branch, NJ – Urgency, concern, and immediate action was the clear message during this month’s city council meeting. The meeting, which is held every month, twice starting in September, bought out more residents than normally expected. Residents from all parts of the town, expressed concern from eminent domain, jobs, the police, revitalizing downtown Long Branch, the “resort” along the beach, to sharing ideas on how we can stop the violence... Read More

Local:’Working Toward A Positive Solution’, Concerned Citizens Group – We Want Change

Share A new organization formed by concerned citizens in Long Branch, NJ held a meeting with members of the community, the housing authority, and the police chief to voice their concerns. ‘Working Toward A Positive Solution’ had a productive meeting underlying all concerns. Read More  Read More

Blog: Police Violently Smash Mothers Head On Ground Nearly Killing Her

Share The video below shows a San Francisco police officer throwing a resisting suspect on the ground knocking her unconscious. Recently we posted a blog Videotaping Police Officers Can Get You Arrested!? speaking on how recording a police officer without his or her consent can land you in jail for almost 16 years. Well after watching this video, this why I continue to say that “wiretapping” law is unjust. Take a look below. Read More  Read More

Blog: Videotaping Police Officers Can Get You Arrested?!

Share by: Chenelle Covin You got that right. You can be charged, prosecuted, and land yourself in jail for almost 16 years for videotaping a police officer. This is what Anthony Graber is facing after posting a video of a plainclothes state trooper cutting him off and drawing a gun during a traffic stop on a Maryland highway. Read More  Read More

Local: Hillside man is fatally shot by Newark police officers after allegedly brandishing a gun

Share NEWARK — Two plain clothes Newark police officers fatally shot a man armed with a gun early this morning in the South Ward, authorities said, marking the third time in three weeks that city officers have fired on an armed suspect who had confronted them. In the latest encounter, 33-year-old Rashaan Gilbert was shot by the two officers around 12:30 a.m. on Mapes Avenue, after he allegedly approached them with a fully-loaded revolver and refused to drop the weapon, Newark... Read More

Officer Who Shot Oscar Grant is Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter

Share The jury has reached its verdict in the trial against former BART officer, Johannes Mesherle, accused of shooting unarmed Oscar Grant on a train platform on New Year’s Day 2009. Johannes Mesherle testified he mistakenly shot and killed Grant, when he reached for his gun when he meant to reach for his taser. The story is still developing. Voluntary manslaughter carries a sentence of 3 to 11 years; involuntary manslaughter 2 to 4 years. As for the minimum, if Mehserle... Read More