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New Jersey Student Receives $ 2 Bill From Police For Organizing Rally

'03.09.2020'

Vita Popova

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A college student decided to organize a Black Lives Matter event in New Jersey. She coordinated all organizational issues with the authorities in advance. The action took place without incident. But in the end, the girl received a bill for $ 2 for overtime police work. The details were shared by the edition CBS News.

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18-year-old Emily Gil decided to organize a campaign in New Jersey in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. To do this, she hoped to use her right to freedom of speech, which is provided by the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

She was inspired by a similar event held this summer in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. There, thousands of Americans have shown support for the Black Lives Matter movement. “We are concerned about this issue. And we see these problems in our own city, so we can do something about it, ”said Gil.

In addition, with her action, the student wanted to draw public attention to the lack of affordable housing in the region.

Gil said she notified local officials in June of the protest and even met with the police chief to discuss logistics.

The protest rally took place without incident on July 25 and lasted about 90 minutes.

However, a few days later, the girl received a letter from the mayor Mario Kranjac (Mario Kranjac). It was a bill of about $ 2500 to pay for police work. “I was shocked when I read that I had to pay to exercise my First Amendment right,” Gil said. She suggested she was the target of the attack because she mentioned the problem with affordable housing.

The mayor of New Jersey said he is the first in decades to fight the housing issue and has nothing against the protests.

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He explained that the invoice was issued because the area has a decree that allows invoicing of any expenses incurred by the police at private events. “We always bill ... for cycling, running or any other event where our police are involved, people pay for overtime,” said the mayor.

Later, however, he canceled this account. According to him, the invoice was issued in accordance with the advice received from the district administrator; the administrator, the mayor suggests, consulted with the district attorney. “I was told that all private events that require police overtime must be paid for by the organizers. It was never conceived as a fine, but rather as a payment, ”the mayor explained.

He added that he studied the matter with his own lawyer. “I will cancel the account, but on condition that our Council ratifies my actions,” said Kranjak. - I would like to personally make sure that everyone's constitutional rights are fully respected. We will have to adjust the county ordinances accordingly. ”

The Mayor is glad that Gil decided to organize such an action and wished her success in her studies. “I continue to work on resolving the district's affordable housing commitments and hope that this Council will adopt some form of the affordable housing plan that I introduced in 2018,” he summed up.

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