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State lawsuit claims New Jersey town’s former mayor directed police to keep minorities out
Lawsuit claims Clark officials used traffic stops and searches to exclude Black and Hispanic drivers, with Black motorists 3.7 times more likely to be searched, Attorney General says.
- On Thursday, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin sued Clark Township, alleging former Mayor Salvatore Bonaccorso and police leaders instructed officers to `keep Black people out of Clark` and used racial slurs.
- An investigation spanning 2015 through March 2025 found Union County Prosecutor's Office oversight from July 2020 and secret recordings in 2022 revealed a $400,000 hush‑money settlement, NJ Advance Media reported.
- Data shows Black and Hispanic drivers faced higher search rates, with Black motorists searched 3.7 times and Hispanic motorists 2.2 times more than white drivers, and officers allegedly used vehicle enforcement quotas and false `odor of marijuana` claims near the Garden State Parkway, Rahway, and Linden.
- Attorney General Matthew Platkin said Clark violated New Jersey civil‑rights laws and the New Jersey Constitution, while Angel Albanese, Clark Mayor, called the lawsuit `frivolous` and accused Platkin of `playing politics`.
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State lawsuit claims New Jersey town's former mayor directed police to keep minorities out
The former mayor of a New Jersey town and its current leaders are denying claims that the town directed its police to keep minorities out of the community.
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Racist NJ mayor told cops to ‘keep Black people out’ of city, AG says
A North Jersey mayor caught on secret recordings using the N-word directed police to keep Black people out of the city, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin alleged Thursday in a lawsuit. Longtime Clark Township mayor Salvatore Bonaccorso told Clark Police Department leadership to “keep chasing the spooks out of town,” using a racial slur he’d been recorded using previously, the AG’s office said. Bonaccorso was the mayor of the New York s…
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