Jersey Journal sues Bayonne for terms of police brutality settlement

The Jersey Journal has filed a civil complaint against the city of Bayonne, which is refusing to release the terms of a police brutality lawsuit settlement.

The public has a right to know how its money is being spent and whether further information about police brutality in the city is included in the settlement language, the paper argues in its filing in Hudson County Superior Court.

The city's "attempt to engineer a way around'' the state Open Public Records Act and withhold the terms of settlement agreement is "gamesmanship,'' the filing says.

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