Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healey has filed a lawsuit against the town of Bradley Beach and its police force for allegedly using excessive force when they arrested him in 2006 while he was celebrating his niece's graduation from the State Police Academy in Sea Girt. In this UPI story, his lawyer, Ralph Lamparello, says the mayor was shoved to the ground and hit with peper spray outside his sister's bar. "It's a Shore town with Shore cops," he said. "Anybody who's gone down the Shore knows what I mean."
Probably anyone caught up in Avalon's infamous "magic bus" underage drinking raids, which led to a class-action lawsuit, might have something to say about that. (Long Beach Township has its big white "emergency management" school bus parked and ready to go this summer).
Anybody care to weigh in on that?
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"It's a shore town with shore cops"
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A few high school friends got caught on the Avalon magic bus. I remember seeing kids painting curbs in Avalon every weekend, which I believe was their punishment.
I've already heard plenty of comments already from people about "summer rent a cops" -- things like getting tickets for being 2 inches out of the parking spot lines, and things like that. Nothing law suit worthy yet, though.
Posted by Jen A. Miller | June 20, 2008 12:13 PM
Posted on June 20, 2008 12:13
Stone Harbor cops are no better. At 29 years old, my friends and are still followed and harassed by cops when leaving bars at closing, while we're ON FOOT. I understand not wanting people to drive drunk, but to creep behind us and frequently circle the blcoks after they've already asked where we're going as we make the walk home is harassment. So yes, I know what Mayor Healey is talking about.
Posted by Reggie Noble | June 20, 2008 2:48 PM
Posted on June 20, 2008 14:48