After the death of Najee Seabrooks, the violence interventionist fatally shot by Paterson police during a mental health crisis, dozens of grassroots advocacy groups across the state are urging the DOJ to launch an investigation into the police department.
, two officers fired their weapons at Seabrooks, striking him, and he was later pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson.
But those who knew Seabrooks are skeptical of the police department’s account, demanding the immediate release of body camera recordings of the incident so the public can see what took place.public radio station WBGO Najee Seabrooks and his best friend Terrance Drakeford and another man at a street festival representing the Paterson Healing Collective, a group dedicated to providing support and intervention for survivors of violence, where Seabrooks and Drakeford worked.
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