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Activists and Black Police Group Rally Behind Convicted Officer

Activists and Black Police Group Rally Behind Convicted Officer

Aaron Morrill
April 27, 2021/in header, Latest News, News
by Aaron Morrill

Community activists and members of the group Blacks In Law Enforcement Servicing the Community are calling the 2020 conviction of former Jersey City police officer Denzel Suitt a miscarriage of justice. Suitt will be sentenced tomorrow in the Hudson County Superior Court.

Denzel Suitt

A jury found Suitt, 29, guilty of official misconduct and theft by unlawful taking, stemming from a March 25, 2018 incident in which he was charged with stealing money from the wallet of a man on Bayside Terrace.

Michael Shurin of the website Real Garden State observed the trial and called the verdict “perplexing.” The site contains links to video and transcripts from the trial.

Speaking at a press conference this afternoon on Martin Luther King Boulevard, Police Officer and BLESC member John Boamah said Suitt, raised in the foster care system, was “dealt a horrible hand in life” and yet “chose to do positive things in our community.” He “defied all the odds,” said Boamah. “He fell victim to an injustice.”

Frank Education Gilmore argued that the Hudson County Prosecutor’s office had ignored more serious cases. “Of all the cases of police misconduct and police brutality you chose this case? Had this officer been a caucasian officer would this have happened to him? Had this officer had political connections would this have happened to him?”

Activist Chris Gadsden said, “we’re asking for Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney Grewal to look into this case.”

For his part, Suitt who had been standing in the back, stepped up to the mic to add “I do believe I’ve faced an injustice.”

 

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