A Black man was sitting in his car when a New Jersey police officer allegedly assaulted him. The cop maintained that he acted after the man tried to attack him. Matters escalated when the officer failed to submit bodycam footage when asked by a judge.
Carlton Brathwaite and his brother Derek were sitting in a car when they were approached by law enforcement officers. The men had been discussing what to do with their elderly stepfather after he had been left alone after their mother’s death.
Edison Police Department Officer Matthew Talavera is now being accused of brutalizing Carlton during the encounter…