Newark council members defy Booker, call for federal probe into police misconduct allegations

By
Michael T. McPhearson
– November 9, 2010Posted in: Human Rights, News
November 5, 2010: NEWARK — Newark Mayor Cory Booker may not want a federal probe into the city’s police department, but a majority of city council members are pleading for one. Six council members signed off on a letter sent Thursday to the U.S. Department of Justice. It asks the federal government to honor a petition by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and investigate the Newark Police Department for allegations of misconduct and use of excessive force. Click here for full story.
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About Michael T. McPhearson

Currently Michael is executive director of Veterans For Peace and co-chair of the Don't Shoot Coalition, A Saint Louis based coalition that formed in the aftermath of Michael Brown's police killing death in Ferguson, MO. From August 2010 to September 2013, Michael worked as the National Coordinator with United For Peace and Justice. He is a former board member of Veterans For Peace and as well as Executive Director from 2005 to 2010. He works closely with the Newark based People’s Organization for Progress and the Saint Louis centered Organization for Black Struggle. Michel also publishes the Mcphearsonreport.org expressing his views on war and peace, politics, human rights, race and other things. Michael also launched Reclaimthedream.org website as an effort to change the discourse and ignite a new conversation about Dr. Martin Luther King’s message and what it means to live in just and peaceful communities.