Maplewood Youth to File Federal Lawsuit Alleging Police Assault
The following is a press release from SOMA Black Parents Workshop: Federal Lawsuit targets Maplewood (NJ) Police Department Maplewood Youth Seeks Justice for 2016 Police…
PHOTOS: Maplewood & South Orange ‘Stand With Charlottesville’ at Candlelight Vigil
An impromptu vigil, organized by Marian Raab with the help of other South Orange and Maplewood residents, took place this evening in Maplewood in response…
Maplewood Demands Accountability for Police Actions of July 5, 2016
At an emotion-packed meeting Tuesday night, the Maplewood Township Committee demanded the resignation of Police Chief Robert Cimino, and placed him on administrative leave for…
Group Appeals to NJ Attorney General to Investigate Maplewood Police Department
The following letter to Attorney General Christopher Porrino is from the SOMA Black Parents Workshop Dear Attorney General Porrino: I am writing again to seek…
Community Groups to Demand Justice at August 1 Maplewood Township Committee Meeting
The following is from the SOMA Black Parents Network While many communities across the nation prepare to participate in National Night Out on Tuesday August…
Maplewood Chief Showed July 5 Police Tapes to Select Community Members While Public Waits for Release
Editor’s note, July 25, 8:02 p.m.: Village Green has included the full statements from Walter Fields and TJ Whitaker at the end of this article.…
Local Black Parent Group Demands Maplewood Release Recordings of July 5 Incident
The SOMA Black Parents Workshop, a local advocacy group, is calling on Maplewood Township leaders to release the audio and video recordings from the night…
Maplewood Health Director: School Water is Safe, but Consider Getting Your Child Tested for Lead
After elevated levels of lead were found in 9 of the 223 water sources in South Orange-Maplewood Schools in May, the district responded by sending out…
PHOTOS: One Year Later, Protest Calls for Release of Police Tapes from 2016 Fireworks Incident
A small but vocal group of local activists took to the streets on Monday to protest the fact that Maplewood police audio and video recordings…
OPINION: Maplewood Should Release Police Video, Audio Recordings of July 5 Incident
From Walter Fields and the Black Parents Workshop: The decision by the Maplewood Township Council to hire a firm to investigate the incident involving the…