(NJ Spotlight News)Tragic response to mental health emergency as Fort Lee woman's civil rights were violated, lawyer alleges
(NJ Spotlight News)Tragic response to mental health emergency as Fort Lee woman's civil rights were violated, lawyer alleges
(NJ Spotlight News)Shooting added pressure to change how police respond to mental health emergencies

Jersey City police fatally shot Andrew Washington while he was having a mental health crisis
Facebook/Paterson Healing CollectiveOfficers fatally shot Najee Seabrooks in 2023 after a stand-off. Seabrooks was suffering a mental health crisis
(Taylor Jung/NJ Spotlight News)Andrew Washington’s death prompted some reforms, but advocates question their implementation
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Andrew Jerome Washington was shot and killed by police on Aug. 27. Family, advocates demand answers about police response — and alternatives
(Screengrab from video; OAG)Advocates point to report saying Paterson man ‘lunged’ at police before they shot and killed him
NJ Spotlight NewsThe shooting left a man paralyzed
NJ Advance MediaThelonius McKnight, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by Paterson police last week

A state trooper sergeant stopped the man for speeding at 110 miles per hour on the Garden State Parkway two days before the Minneapolis killing ...

A police officer and multiple others have been killed in a shooting in Jersey City that authorities say is not believed to have been a ...

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A deadly police shooting in Bridgeton has been questioned after the dashcam showed the deceased exiting the vehicle with his hands up.