A state grand jury has declined to file criminal charges against a white New Jersey state trooper who fatally shot a Black motorist during a traffic stop on the Garden State Parkway two years ago, the state attorney general’s office said Tuesday.
Maurice Gordon’s death occurred two days before the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked protests around the world against police racism and brutality.
The 28-year-old Gordon was from Jamaica and had been living in Poughkeepsie, New York, while studying chemistry at a community college.
William O. Wagstaff III, an attorney representing Gordon’s family, called the grand jury’s decision “not a surprise” and said data
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