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Public commenters press Middlesex County commissioners on New Brunswick police killing; commissioners decline to comment while AG investigates
Summary
During public comment at a Middlesex County commissioners meeting, residents raised questions about internal affairs reporting and the August 8 killing of Deborah Terrell by a New Brunswick police officer. Commissioners said the matter is under investigation by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and declined to comment publicly.
Charlie Pratt, a composer and New Brunswick resident, used the meeting’s public-comment period to press Middlesex County elected officials about the Aug. 8 fatal shooting of Deborah Terrell by a New Brunswick police officer and about transparency in internal-affairs reporting.
“I'm not trying to be nitpicky,” Pratt said, criticizing gaps he said exist on county websites for major-discipline reports and asking whether the county had followed up on…
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