Paterson residents and city advocates say the gap is widening with a department where at least 12 cops have been criminally charged for misconduct in recent years.
who went missing on Feb. 2 after officers detained him and then left him in a park at night in near-freezing temperatures.
One ex-officer estimated the group, known as the robbery squad, lied or omitted information in approximately 75% of its police reports for drug arrests.At his September sentencing, Bustios, 33, told the court that it “didn’t feel like we were doing anything wrong.”At his sentencing, Toledo said the department “did not support or value” its officers and that its negative culture influenced him. He acknowledged he was a reason people in Paterson didn’t trust the police.
But Torres, 33, said the department didn’t provide resources or additional training for officers who wanted to do good. And by his second year on the job, he was running with the “robbery squad.”“He was drawn into a particular culture that apparently was in existence there. He didn’t create the culture,“ said John Whipple, Torres’ attorney. “But he participated in it. First, reluctantly and then more affirmatively.
In Paterson, 50% of the officers are Hispanic, 38% white and 12% Black, according to the Attorney General’s Office. The city’s racial makeup is around 61% Hispanic, 25% Black and 8% white. McLay, who works with the Center for Policing Equity, a California think tank, noted that policing has often criminalized and over-policed marginalized communities.
“The Paterson police officers are a part of an institution that is racist and classist,” said Mitchell, a former police officer in Texas. “Speaking as an ex-police officer, they are trained in a very aggressive way.”cops don’t see the city’s beauty and aren’t doing the best job.
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