Maurice Gordon

A state grand jury has declined to file criminal charges against a white New Jersey state trooper who fatally shot a Black motorist during a traffic stop on the Garden State Parkway two years ago, the state attorney general’s office said Tuesday.

Among the charges brought in the lawsuit are that officials failed to protect Gordon, a Black man, and other Black people, despite a history of troopers disproportionately subjecting people of color to violence

A student-led group is protesting the death of a 28-year-old black man shot by police after a traffic stop in New Jersey

Racquel Barrett, the mother of 28-year-old Maurice Gordon, a Jamaica native and chemistry student living in Poughkeepsie, New York, is hoping for justice for her son. Gordon was killed May 23 after a struggle erupted between him and Sgt. Randall Wetzel during a traffic stop, after Wetzel used pepper spray and fired off six shots.

The mother of a New York man who was fatally shot by a New Jersey state trooper last month during a traffic stop says her son was treated worse than a dog, and the officer should should be charged.

Video released by the New Jersey attorney general shows a state trooper fired his handgun six times, killing a New York man after a struggle erupted during a traffic stop on the Garden State Parkway last month.

Video released by the New Jersey attorney general shows a state trooper fired his handgun six times, killing a New York man after a struggle erupted during a traffic stop on the Garden State Parkway last month