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, who undercover Newark Police detective Rod Simpkins fatally shot on Jan. 1, 2021.
He forwarded a letter to the attorney general’s office requesting they contact him regarding the status of this case. “I’ve heard nothing from the city of Newark. I’ve heard nothing from the attorney general’s office,” he said. “An investigation was supposedly initiated shortly after the fatal shooting by the attorney general,” Tarver said. “Here we are coming to the waning months of 2022, just three and a half months away from 2023, which will be the second anniversary of his death. We still have no disposition, and we’re troubled about that because this is not, from what we can see, a complex case — the evidence is right in front of you.
“This loss was preventable,” said Zayid Muhammad of Newark Communities for Accountable Policing, also known as N-CAP, an organization devoted to reforming the Newark Police Department. “If previous allegations about Newark police officers had been addressed in a meaningful way, certain officers would no longer be on the force.ACLU investigated the Newark police department
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