A 30-year-old city resident's angry Facebook posts led to federal riot charges after being arrested during mayhem that erupted after a day of peaceful protests
The high school senior made a video that said she's been oppressed by "close-minded people." Some parents thought that should disqualify the teen from speaking at graduation.
The FBI has charged a South Plainfield man with trying to set a Trenton police vehicle on fire during unrest that unfolded Sunday evening after a demonstration against police violence.
The death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis has inflamed public opinion in New Jersey and across the United States much more, at least in the immediate term, than any other police-involved death of a black individual in more than half a decade.
This serves as a microcosm for what black America must have felt for so long now. They aren’t being heard, they aren’t being acknowledged. The rage builds.