George Floyd protests in New Jersey
[4] On June 2, 2020, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced expanded utilization of a use-of-force database, proposed a licensing program for law enforcement, and other initiatives.[11] On June 13, around 100 protesters gathered in support of Black Lives Matter at a major intersection near Trump National Golf Club Bedminster where the President was spending the weekend.[12] On June 6, more than a thousand marched against racial injustice from Bernards High School through downtown Bernardsville to shut down Route 202 and then to place flowers at the base of the statue of late Congresswoman Millicent Fenwick.[15] On June 2, more than 1,500 protesters gathered for a peace rally and marched from Grover Cleveland Park to the gazebo near the Police Station and Municipal Building in West Caldwell.[22] On June 5, hundreds of people protested by symbolically lying in the street for nearly nine minutes, blocking traffic on Haddonfield Road nearby the Cherry Hill Mall.[11] On June 4, hundreds of protesters marched through downtown Clinton before gathering for a Black Lives Matter rally at Gebhart Field.[38] On June 8, about 70 protesters marched in Franklin Township, Gloucester County past a group of counter-protesters with All Lives Matter and Trump signs who mockingly re-enacted George Floyd's murder, with one man kneeling on the neck of another.[45] On June 7, approximately 600 people marched from Main Line Station to Borough Hall, where they knelt in silence for eight minutes and forty-six seconds in honor of Floyd.[47] On June 6, kayakers took part in a worldwide "paddle out" – a Hawaiian mourning ritual – for George Floyd and other victims on the Hackensack River.[50] On June 2, more than 1,000 protesters marched through the borough to the Raritan Bridge and Highland Park High School to hear community leaders speakers.[54] On June 7, Governor Phil Murphy joined marchers in Hillside to support Black Lives Matter and protest police brutality and racism.[59] On June 1, hundreds marched to the South District police precinct in Jersey City organized by the "Black Men United Coalition.""[68][69] On June 6, hundreds of protesters crossed the bridge from Stafford to LBI carrying signs that read "Black Lives Matter" and "Justice for George Floyd.[71] On June 12, nearly 500 people attended a Black Lives Matter rally organized by two recent West Morris Central High School graduates in Long Valley.Notable attendees included Congressman Andy Kim, State Senator Troy Singleton, the mayor of Moorestown, local clergy and a number of students."[32][80] Hundreds gathered on June 27 to paint "ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER" on Halsey Street and "ABOLISH WHITE SUPREMACY" on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near the Essex County Courthouse.[87] On June 7, about 600 people rallied together in Nutley's Yanticaw Park and listened to several speakers before having an 8-minute, 46 second kneeling moment of silence and then marching through the town.[94] A rally intended for George Floyd on June 3 was attended by family members of Jameek Lowery, who died after an encounter with the Paterson police in 2019.[99] On June 2, thousands protested in downtown Princeton against racism and police brutality, and called for systemic change at an event that included speeches, chanting, and marching.[101] On June 9, about 500 protesters marched from Marine Park down Broad Street toward Count Basie Field in Red Bank for a "Say Their Names" rally to celebrate/remember the lives of George Floyd and others who have died in police custody.[102][103][104] On June 10, two thousand people marched from Ridgweood Station to the YMCA, where speakers included the Ridgewood Chief of Police, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, and the Bergen County Sheriff."[89] A scheduled protest was cancelled but 10 people showed up and the crowd eventually grew large enough to shut down the town's busiest intersection for several hours.Later that evening, violence and looting erupted in Downtown Trenton when various businesses were broken into and multiple police vehicles were set on fire or stolen.[121] On June 21, two dozen protesters gathered at the veteran's memorial outside Town Hall calling for justice for George Floyd and for the firing of a local police officer who allegedly made discriminatory comments online.[125] As of May 30, a lone man has come each day to a corner across from a mini-mall in his small Burlington County hometown holding a sign that says "Stop Black Genocide."[22] On June 2, a police dispatcher in Woodbridge was suspended and ultimately resigned for making a racist comment under a photo of a black boy at a George Floyd protest.
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