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Resident alleges two incidents of threatening police conduct, asks council for accountability
Summary
A longtime Montclair resident told the council two recent stops left him feeling racially profiled and threatened; he said supervisors did not return calls. City officials reiterated how to file complaints and the police chief said he would follow up.
Jorge Sanchez, a Montclair resident of about 15 years, told the City Council he experienced two traffic stops he called racially motivated and threatening and said he did not receive promised supervisory follow‑up. "The gangster in Montclair are trained, heavily armed, and sworn in with a badge," Sanchez said, recounting a July 2024 stop where an officer he said spoke in Spanish approached him in a manner he found…
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