With Roselle Park officials appearing to stonewall, the NJ Latino Leadership Alliance is asking for an independent investigation of Monica Montoya's June 20 arrest after helping an officer at the scene of a traffic accident.
Today's Ledger quotes Dr. Jose Adames, director of the group's Union County chapter --
"Given the disturbing pattern of anti-Latino sentiment being expressed by some police departments in this state, we have no alternative but to call for the New Jersey attorney general to review this case and denounce this type of behavior by local police..."Dr. Adames is known to many readers as a Plainfield resident and provost of the Plainfield campus of Union County College. Read more...
Ledger: "Latino group requests an inquiry into arrest"
-- Dan Damon
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