Newark Police to Implement Department of Justice Reforms

  • Newark Police to Implement Department of Justice Reforms
    Newark Police to Implement Department of Justice Reforms
    Newark, NJ- The Newark Police Department will implement reforms after a Department of Justice investigation found the department targeted minorities in street stops, used excessive force and violated the constitutional rights of some detainees. (more…)
  • Beware! Newark Officials Plan to Ticket and Tow Uber Drivers
    Beware! Newark Officials Plan to Ticket and Tow Uber Drivers
    Newark, NJ- Prosecutors in Newark warned Uber drivers who wait for passengers at the city's two major transit hubs their vehicles might be ticketed and towed amid complaints the service is running an unlicensed taxi service. (more…)
  • DAPA on Course to be decided by U.S. Supreme Court in 2016
    DAPA on Course to be decided by U.S. Supreme Court in 2016
    Newark, NJ- Over a year after President Obama announced one of his key immigration policies, Deferred Action for Parental Accountability, or DAPA, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Texas’s request for delay, increasing the chances of the case being decided by next summer. If decided in the White House’s favor, DAPA...
  • New Jersey Lawmakers to Hold Public Hearings on Marijuana Legalization
    New Jersey Lawmakers to Hold Public Hearings on Marijuana Legalization
    Newark, NJ- Marijuana laws in the U.S. are on the cusp of big change and states are leading the charge. Currently, five states have legalized marijuana for recreational use and numerous states have decriminalized minor possession charges. Efforts to pass similar legislation in New Jersey are gaining steam again and...
  • Immigrants Face New Challenge as Interpreters Reject New Contracts
    Immigrants Face New Challenge as Interpreters Reject New Contracts
    Newark, NJ- There are numerous ways in which the current state of the immigration courts adversely affect the immigrants appearing inside their walls. Now, there is another challenge facing immigration courts; the lack of interpreters who are protesting a new agreement with a Department of Justice contractors which is asking...