A teen who organized a Black Lives Matter rally in her northern New Jersey town said she has been sent a $2500 bill from officials for police overtime.
NJ Advance Media reported Friday Emily Gil, 18, of Englewood Cliffs received a letter earlier this month from Mayor Mario M. Kranjac looking for payment of $2,499.26 "for the police overtime caused by your protest."Gil, a recent high school graduate, had organized a protest on July 25 in the town, just across the river from the uppermost parts of Manhattan.
Gil said she didn't meet with them in person over coronavirus concerns, but made an offer to meet via Zoom, which wasn't accepted, and then officials stopped responding to her.Kranjac told NJ Advance Media that protesters' rights of free speech and assembly were respected, and that Gil was wrong to link affordable housing to her protest.
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