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sl8

(13,748 posts)
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:10 AM Aug 2020

N.J. teen who held Black Lives Matter protest gets hit with $2,500 bill for police overtime

From https://www.nj.com/bergen/2020/08/nj-teen-who-held-black-lives-matter-protest-gets-hit-with-2500-bill-for-police-overtime.html

N.J. teen who held Black Lives Matter protest gets hit with $2,500 bill for police overtime
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Updated Aug 28, 2020; Posted Aug 28, 2020

By Anthony G. Attrino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

When Emily Gil learned of the lack of affordable housing in Englewood Cliffs — and the fact she believes Black residents are priced out of her Bergen County hometown — she felt an urgent need to enact change.

The 18-year-old, who graduated from Bergen County Technical School in June, organized a small, peaceful Black Lives Matter protest last month, she says.

“Englewood Cliffs has dodged affordable housing requirements for 40-plus years,” Gil told NJ Advance Media. “I find that unacceptable.”

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N.J. teen who held Black Lives Matter protest gets hit with $2,500 bill for police overtime (Original Post) sl8 Aug 2020 OP
What about all the police overtime for the Bundys, various white supremacists, anti-maskers, etc? Wicked Blue Aug 2020 #1
Isn't that attacking her 1st amendment rights ? OnDoutside Aug 2020 #2
My first thought. Peaceful assembly is now a billable item? Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #3
How ridiculous tulipsandroses Aug 2020 #4

Wicked Blue

(5,831 posts)
1. What about all the police overtime for the Bundys, various white supremacists, anti-maskers, etc?
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 09:12 AM
Aug 2020

Have they been billed?

tulipsandroses

(5,123 posts)
4. How ridiculous
Sat Aug 29, 2020, 10:37 AM
Aug 2020

Like someone on Roland Martin's show said. Y'all tell us how you want us to show up. Tell us how you want us to protest. I promise you we will show up in whatever way you want, if you will listen. That's not the problem. The problem is you don't want black people to speak up or protest. PERIOD! It doesn't matter the way it is presented. You just don't want to hear it.

If Kap sits on the bench or kneels its a problem
Lebron James speaks out, shut up and dribble
NBA players take a stand and boycott games - The league is too political
BLM protests - violent radical antifa leftists coming for your suburbs
Peaceful protest- get billed

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