The family of Andrew Washington is calling upon the Attorney General to release missing portions of police body cam video that they say will paint a more accurate picture of the moments leading up to Washington’s death. Washington was shot by members of the Jersey City Police Department’s Emergency Services Unit on August 27 in […]
Aaron Morrill
Aaron is a writer, musician and lawyer. Aaron attended Berklee College of Music and the State University of New York at Purchase. Aaron served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador. He received a J.D. from Fordham Law School. As a lawyer, Aaron worked as an assistant district attorney in Kings County and a commercial and criminal litigator. He is the founder of Jersey City Times and is currently working on a musical, Food Fighters.
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Attorney General Releases Troubling Video of Andrew Washington Shooting
The New Jersey Attorney General tonight released a troubling 33-minute video of the moments leading up to and including the police shooting of 52-year-old Andrew Washington. The video is unlikely to quell calls for legal action against the officers involved and for changes to the way Jersey City responds to mental health emergencies. The principal […]
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Mayor Cuts the Ribbon on Kindle Public Charter School in Bergen-Lafayette
The mayor, a state assemblywoman and two councilmembers joined administrators, teachers, students and members of the public yesterday to cut the ribbon on Jersey City’s newest public charter school. Just three weeks old, Kindle Education’s first class of 66 sixth graders is, apparently, settling in to their temporary digs at Team Walker Learning Center on […]
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Jersey City Loses One More Time in Cops and Cannabis Fight
Jersey City has lost yet another round in its fight to bar police officers from using cannabis while off-duty. In a decision issued today, the Civil Service Commission upheld an administrative law judge’s holding last month that a police officer in New Jersey may legally use cannabis off-duty. The commission held that federal law doesn’t […]
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Former JCPD Captain Fired for Racist, Sexist and Homophobic Remarks
A former Jersey City police captain has been fired by the Florida police department where he has worked since 2021. According to reporting by The Daytona Beach News-Journal, the DeLand Florida police department terminated former JCPD captain, Francisco “Frank” Williams, after he allegedly made racist, sexist, and homophobic statements to colleagues. An internal affairs report […]
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An Aunt Reminisces and Plans March for a Fallen Nephew
Doris Toni Ervin likes to keep busy. It’s only then that she can stop thinking about her nephew, Drew. “Yesterday, I’m frying fish. That’s his favorite food. When I cook…he lives down the street…and I’m like, ‘Hey Drew, I cooked fish. You coming down?’” “‘Yeah, Aunt Toni, I’ll be down there,’” he’d respond. “I can’t […]
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City’s $325k Deal With Whistleblower May Make Sense Say Attorneys
Two attorneys with experience representing whistleblowers say the city’s decision to settle a case brought by its former chief financial officer may be wise, given the risks of proceeding to trial. On Wednesday, the city council will vote on whether to approve a $325,000 settlement of a case brought by Jersey City’s former chief financial […]
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Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison For Fatal Downtown Car Crash
Under the best of circumstances, negotiating the turn from Christopher Columbus Drive south onto Merseles Street Downtown requires presence of mind. Just after one passes James J. Ferris High School, the road suddenly splits, creating right and left routes circumventing the massive concrete columns supporting the New Jersey Turnpike. Then there’s a hard left turn […]
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Mass Shooting Reported in Front of Public Safety Building
As many as five people were shot last night in front of Jersey City’s new $120 million public safety building. According to multiple reports, the shooting took place last night at the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and Orient Avenue in Bergen-Lafayette, the location of the new building which opened in April. The shooting […]
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In Emotional Vigil, Mourners Celebrate Andrew Washington and Demand Change
Last night, hundreds of mourners gathered in front of a simple wood frame house on Randolph Avenue to sing, pray, reminisce, rage and exhort. Inside, just two days earlier, their relative and neighbor Andrew Jerome Washington had been gunned down, felled by two bullets from a Jersey City police officer’s gun. The circumstances surrounding the […]