Author : Wendy Erickson
Police are authorized to protect citizens and make sure people don’t break the law.
However, we have witnessed cases where the police have used too much force while carrying out these duties.
With George Floyd’s case still fresh in our minds, we can’t help but feel vulnerable in the face of such brutality and excessive force.
We, in New Jersey, have not been spared and cases such as the one in Ridgewood, where a boy accused of obstructing traffic was arrested in a manner that felt excessively forceful.
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