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Above is an aerial view of the crowd at Pier Village in Long Branch in 2020.Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.comDaysi Calavia-Robertson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Though there’s no sugarcoating it, the event, which lasted several hours, did result in the early closure of many of the swanky stores and restaurants in the area, the imposing of a curfew, and a whopping total ofYes, 16 …that’s a little over a dozen people arrested out of 5,000. So, given those numbers, you could say it was likely, a largely peaceful gathering with “a few bad apples.
I’ve also heard from people who’ve said their disdain for the young people at the Long Branch event had nothing at all to do with race and everything to do with inappropriate behavior and lewdness.But I’ve also wondered if that’s wholly the case, why they’d then suggest that same inappropriate behavior and lewdness be taken elsewhere, to other New Jersey towns, instead of condemning it outright as behavior that should not be acceptable anywhere, in any town. Period.
A New Jersey attorney who focuses on defamation law says we cannot discount the fact that freedom of speech is not absolute.Imagine being in the car with your kid when a cop pulls you over for a busted tail light, then arrests you, saying you have to come away in handcuffs because of some old ticket for a couple hundred bucks that you might not even remember.
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