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Dear Editor,
I am very much opposed to Governor Chris Christie’s decision to send the New Jersey State Police to Baltimore, to support a police force that has been accused of murdering Freddie Gray, a 25 year old African-American man.
The New Jersey State Police has had a long history of racism and abuse of minorities. The New Jersey State Police admitted to racially profiling and shooting at unarmed African-Americans and Hispanic drivers. These abuses resulted in a consent order with the Department of Justice.
Because of this history, it is entirely inappropriate for the agency to be involved in such racial tensions.
Thanks to Christie, the State of New Jersey has now become a target of any person or group who has been made to feel that the political and legal system has failed their communities and might take up a mantra of “by any means necessary”.
Bring our troopers home and let Baltimore deal with the mess they caused.
Eric Hafner
Toms River
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