Family sue him on Paterson for the fatal shooting of Activist Police

The family of the activist Najee Seabrooks, Monday, filed a wrong death process against Paterson, following his fatal shootings by the police in March 2023.

Seabrooks31 years old, he was facing a mental health crisis on March 3, 2023 and called 911 for help, which led to a standoff for almost five hours with Paterson Police, according to the US District Court in New Jersey. The costume claims that the police have pressed Seabrooks to surrender and shoot it without warning.

A spokesman for the Paterson Police Department did not return a call in search of a comment.

On the day he died, Seabrooks, a member of the non -profit patent healing group, an intervention program of violence, He sent colleagues from a message during the police position, saying, “I just want to hear one of Y’all’s voices” and “Before trying to kill me, as he reported.

The trial accuses that the actions of the officers caused unnecessary suffering, that the officers had not been able to use appropriate escalation techniques and that Paterson police had a history of using an unreasonable force, especially with individuals in mental health crises.

The costume follows the control of the Attorney General of Prosecutor Matt Popkin on the Paterson Police Department, after high mediation incidents, including criminal charges against a dozen officers, millions of legal settlements and fiercely Critics for the use of police strength.

“There is a trusted crisis in the application of the law in this city”, ” Plankin said in 2023.

“This cannot continue. It will change, starting now. Effectively, my office has assumed control over all the law enforcement functions of the Paterson Police Department. “

But Paterson’s mayor and police officials on the side challenged Plankin’s authority In order to take the force and a December court of appeal, it has established that Plankin exceeded the authority. But the Supreme Court of New Jersey has delayed the application of the decision and will now decide whether Parkin has the authority to take over the department.

The process calls Paterson, the officers involved and others are looking for damage for emotional suffering, serious negligence and excessive strength, in addition to compensatory and punitive damages, lawyers’ taxes, interest and process cost.