A New Jersey police officer has been charged assault for pepper spraying young men while responding to a 911 call.
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A New Jersey police officer was charged with assault after he unleashed pepper spray on two people “without provocation,” according to a report from CNN.
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Dubiel and a fellow officer, responding to a 911 call on June 4, arrived at a house where they saw several juveniles on the front porch.
The prosecutor’s press release stated that “the individuals were not observed physically resisting or attempting to harm others or themselves” and that use of the pepper spray was not “consistent with the State of New Jersey use-of-force policy.”
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New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal stated in a press release that he will be proposing a statewide licensing program to the Police Training Commission and that this incident is an example of why such a program is necessary.
