In a report released Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, the Department of Justice claims police in Trenton, NJ, conduct illegal arrests and use excessive force.
The Federal Justice Department claims the Trenton Police Department and the City of Trenton engage in conduct that constitute civil rights violations, including use of excessive force in absence of dangerIn a report released Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, officials with the Federal Department of Justice have found that the Trenton Police Department and the City of Trenton, New Jersey"engage in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
“Police officers must respect people’s civil and constitutional rights and treat people with dignity,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a statement on the report. “After an extensive review, we found that police officers in Trenton routinely failed to respect the Fourth Amendment rights of those who call Trenton home.
In one incident that officials pointed to, that happened in 2023, after initially using reasonable force to arrest a man, an officer stomped on the man’s hand multiple times once he was on the ground, then kneeled on his head and kicked him in the shoulder. "We are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve constitutional policing across the country," said Clarke."By bringing city officials, the police department and the community together, we are confident that we can institute meaningful reforms that remedy the violations uncovered.”
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