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Hosted by Michael Hill Newark Today is a monthly program focusing on social, economic and political topics. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is a regular guest. Newark Today is broadcast the third Thursday of every month. Our call-in number is 844-677-9283. You can also contact us on the Newark Today Facebook Page or on Twitter @NewarkToday. The next episodes airs on Thursday, February 18 at 8pm. Add to your calendar now .
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka delivered his long awaited speech to an nearly empty room at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, as thousands tuned in online to Baraka's first ever virtual State of The City address. The Mayor highlighted everything from Newark's nationally touted COVID-19 response, to the recently announced $100 million fund for Black a…
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On this month's edition of Newark Today, host Michael Hill will be joined by Ketlen Alsbrook, Chief of Staff of the Newark Department of Health and Community Wellness, Taiisa Kelly with Monarch Housing Associates, and Richard Uniacke with Bridges Outreach, to talk about the city's new year-round shelter initiative while also highlighting city-wide …
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On this edition of Newark Today we are joined by Host Michael Hill of NJTV, Mayor Ras Baraka, and Chief of Development Carmelo Garcia, to talk about what's being done to increase development outside the city's booming downtown district, and how the city's often underserved neighborhoods could see some major changes.…
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The panel which includes, Dr. Elbert Smith (Retired N.J.school Principal, former school board President, and educator}, Lt. Sam Clark ( Ret. Newark, NJ police Lieutenant, author, and court expert witness on police matters) and Capt. Andrew Selby (Ret. N.J. Fire Captain, First Responder Safety officer, and school security officer). The panel will di…
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The panel of Lt. Sam Clark- retired police Lt, Newark, NJ, Expert Court witness in police matters, and author, Dr. Elbert Smith - retired NJ school Princpal, former NJ school board President and administrator, and Capt. Andrew Selby - retired Fire Captain Paterson NJ and 9/11 first responder, will discuss the history and current state of Black Amer…
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Chief Rufus Jackson, (Chief of Newark, NJ) joins our panel (Ret.P.D. LT. Sam Clark, Dr. Elbert Smith, and Ret. FD Capt. Andrew Selby) will discuss the future of the fire service and Chief Jackson's vision to guide New Jersey's largest city. The impact of public safety, consent decree, and career choices will be just some of the many topics, ideas a…
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We’ll be discussing local control of Newark Public Schools during our live broadcast of Newark Today Thursday October 19 at 8PM. We invite the community to be a part of the audience at Express Newark in the downtown district’s historic Hahne’s building. Your host, NJTV’s Michael Hill will be joined by city Mayor Ras Baraka and a panel of guests. Do…
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On this month's edition of Newark Today, on the heels of the opening of the Shani Baraka Women's Resource Center, we discuss domestic violence in New Jersey's largest city and what's being done to address the issue. We are joined by Mayor Ras Baraka, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose, and domestic volence counselor and founder of Purple R.E.I.…
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Like Sharpe James and Cory Booker before him, Ras Baraka became the third straight former city councilman turned mayor in 2014. And like the mayors who preceded him, he knows how to fire up a crowd. “We need a mayor who unapologetically loves this city and the people in it. And most importantly, we need a mayor that believes in you and knows no fea…
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Programming Note: Cory Booker will join us this Friday, February 3rd at 8pm as Newark Today Presents "The Four Living Mayors". He will be joined by fellow former mayors Ken Gibson, Sharpe James and current mayor Ras Baraka for what will be a historic night. Cory Booker was elected as Newark’s mayor in 2006. Booker, a one-time all Pac-10 football ti…
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Programming Note: Sharpe James will join us this Friday, February 3rd at 8pm as Newark Today Presents "The Four Living Mayors". He will be joined by fellow former mayors Ken Gibson, US Senator Cory Booker and current mayor Ras Baraka for what will be a historic night. Mayor Sharpe James served as Newark’s south ward councilman before defeating Ken …
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Programming Note: Ken Gibson will join us this Friday, February 3rd at 8pm as Newark Today Presents "The Four Living Mayors". He will be joined by fellow former mayors Sharpe James, US Senator Cory Booker and current mayor Ras Baraka for what will be a historic night. Ken Gibson was elected as Newark’s first African American mayor in 1970. A transi…
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According to published reports the U.S. Justice Department announced a federal monitor will watch over the Newark Police Department. The announcement followed the culmination of a three year review of the police department. The review found several serious problems that were reasonably believed to be a pattern and practice of the department. Among …
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According to published reports, Jonathan Fleming served more than 24 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of a murder. Compelling documentary evidence was presented that established that Jonathan Fleming was in Orlando Florida on vacation when the murder occurred. This documentary evidence was in the investigator's case file. Could thi…
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According to published reports, two Bloomfield Police Officers were indicted after a dashboard video raised doubts about what they claimed occurred during an arrest. The officers were charged with conspiracy, official misconduct, tampering with public records and false swearing. The charges were the result of an arrest incident that occurred in Jun…
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According to published reports, Acting Police Chief James Behre spoke at a Bloomfield Municipal meeting and complained that Bloomfield Councilman Bernard wanted to allow two Hispanic officers to take the sergeant's examine early. The acting chief also alleged that Councilman Bernard wanted a ticket fixed in order to solidify his position as police …
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The Penn National Action Network is supporting a 16-year-old honor student who alleges he was stopped by police officers and sexually assaulted while on his way to a high school basketball game. Darren Manning is an honor student at Mathematics, Civics, and Science Charter School. Join us, on Thursday January 30, 2014 at 6:00 PM, for a thorough dis…
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According to published reports, Federal Prosecutors charged 18 current and former Los Angles County Sheriff’s Officers with excessive force and obstruction of justice. Federal authorities scrutinized the Los Angeles County jail after several lawsuits accused the deputies of abuse. One indicted Sheriff’s officer was supposed to monitor internal affa…
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According to published reports, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Judge Scheindlin violated the judiciary’s code of conduct by compromising the appearance of impartiality surrounding the so-called “stop and frisk” litigation. The new ruling effectively postpones numerous changes that Judge Scheindlin had initially ordered for t…
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According to public reports, former Hunterdon County New Jersey prosecutor alleged he suffered retaliation after the Attorney General squashed an indictment against the county sheriff. Former Prosecutor Bennett A. Barlyn was fired months after an indictment against Sheriff Deborah Trout was presented to a grand jury. Former prosecutor Barlyn allege…
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According to published reports, the owner of a Schenectady County NY business was arrested after drugs were planted in his store. Fortunately, the store’s video cameras recorded the drugs being planted. Is this just an isolated incident or a pattern and practice of some law enforcement agencies? Who, if anyone, was held accountable for this serious…
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Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin recently ruled that the ‘stop-and-frisk’ practices of the New York Police Department violated the Constitutional Rights of tens of thousand of New Yorkers. Still, according to published reports, New York’s Mayor Bloomberg said, “This is a very dangerous decision made by a judge who I think does not understand how poli…
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Recently published articles about Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden raise questions about how whistleblowers are characterized. These insiders have provided so called classified, secret, and or sensitive information to news organizations. Have their disclosures been helpful or harmful? Should they be called heroes, villains or traitors? On Thursda…
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Apparently the Crystal Minnesota Police Department engages in serious acts of police misconduct, and allegedly attempts to silence honest cops by way of retaliatory disciplinary actions. Is it possible that Crystal Minnesota Police Department training officers make bets about when a new recruit officer will be fired? Is it possible that several hig…
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Communities United Against Police Brutality of Minneapolis is presently engaged in a proactive solution to stop police brutality. Minneapolis, similar to many municipalities around the country, is self insured for police brutality and misconduct claims. The bottom line of this arrangement results in taxpayers shouldering the financial bill for the …
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With the rapid expansion of the private prison industrial system, more human beings (inmates) are needed to increase the profit margin of the prison corporations. Legislation such as “Three Strikes Your In,” police procedures like “Stop and Frisk” and “Wrongful Convictions” help ensure private corporations have a growing supply of poor (mostly Blac…
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The Beloved Community Center has a “Democratic Mission” to help transition the Greensboro Police Department from double standards and corruption to accountability and Professionalism. With a spirit of inclusion and openness, the Beloved Community Center is working with organizations and citizens to make much needed improvements in the Greensboro Po…
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The Beloved Community Center requests an independent investigation of the Greensboro North Carolina Police Department. After receiving numerous complains of Greensboro Police misconduct, from citizens and police officers, the Beloved Community Center attempted to have a meaningful discussion with city officials about the problem of police misconduc…
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According to published reports former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner is suspected of killing at least three people, one a police officer. News agencies have reported his online posts accuses officers and police officials of the Los Angeles police department as corrupt and racist. He claimed to have been a victim of a retaliatory term…
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Are acts of police misconduct in the United States increasing? Are rogue police officers being held accountable for their acts of misconduct? Who pays the price when criminal cops are not purged from the police department? Has any police officer involved in a questionable or controversial shooting death been successfully prosecuted by State Governm…
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The Justice For All Show has been notified that at least two citizens have filed complaints alleging that at least one Greensboro Police Officer assaulted and or used excessive force on an 87-year-old woman. We have notified the Greensboro Police department and are awaiting a response from police officials. There has been a litany of serious allega…
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According to published reports, thirteen officers of the Cleveland Police Department fired 137 bullets into a car and killed two unarmed suspects. Timothy Russell and Malisa Williams were occupants of a car that was driven by Mr. Russell. The shooting incident began after a 25-minute police chase ended. The police chased Mr. Russell’s car because t…
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Keith Davis was a qualified applicant for the New York City Fire Department several years ago. Still, he was not hired in a timely manner. Several other applicants, that had applied after Mr. Davis became eligible, were hired before Mr. Davis. It was not until after Keith Davis was involved in a discrimination law suit against the New York Fire Dep…
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According to published reports, Brooklyn Park police officer Greg Burstad unlawfully entered the Ramirez’s home in Crystal Minnesota. The entry was made without a warrant and a search was conducted resulting in the apartment being ransacked. This search without a warrant apparently did not produce any contraband, and no family member was charged. S…
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We could be too trusting of our democratic institutions. The police are supposed to be honest and are sworn to protect and serve the public. So we trust them without independent external review. Years of documentary evidence have shown numerous police officials have not been truthful. Still, we trust police officials to conduct self-monitoring and …
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In 2010 a Federal Jury determined that Darren Nance was unlawfully terminated from his position as a Newark Police Officer. Still, he has not been reinstated to his former position of Newark Police Officer. The Justice For All Show has made numerous attempts to get an explanation from the Cory Booker Administration, and Newark Police Officials. No …
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Has the Philadelphia Police Department allowed drug abusers and robbers to become police officers? Apparently there are some serious flaws with the selection process of the Philadelphia Police Department. Could blatantly unqualified police candidates be allowed to join the police department? That is to say, are police candidates being accepted when…
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More than 14 years ago officials of the Newark New Jersey Police Department unlawfully terminated Darren Nance. A Federal Jury, after deliberating the evidence presented, ruled that Darren Nance was terminated unlawfully. This illegal termination cost Newark taxpayers in excess of 2 million dollars. Nevertheless, no police official was sanctioned f…
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Jonesboro Arkansas police officials are still investigating the in custody death of Chavis Carter. Despite the unconcluded investigation, published reports indicate both officers who had custody and control of Carter at the time of his death were reinstated. Additionally, published reports say the autopsy findings conclude the death was a suicide. …
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Nearly two years ago several Greensboro North Carolina Police Officers were terminated after they complained of discrimination. These officers were not fired for committing a criminal offense, but they were fired for administrative charges. Did these officers really commit an offense that warranted termination, or was this an effort by Greensboro P…
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According to published reports from WREG News Channel 3 and Think Progress Justice, 21 year old Chavis Carter was handcuffed while in the back seat of a police car when he was shot in the head. The young man was a passenger in a motor vehicle that was pulled over by officers of the Jonesboro Arkansas Police Department. The vehicle stop and search a…
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