About 75 people marched on the township municipal complex Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the death Kashad Ashford, 23, of Newark
LYNDHURST -- About 75 people marched on the township municipal complex Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the death Kashad Ashford, 23, of Newark, The Record reported.
Police shot Ashford in Lyndhurst on Sept. 16, 2014, after chasing the SUV he was driving through several towns, Acting Attorney General John Hoffman said at the time. Ashford crashed and backed into a police SUV before police shot him, Hoffman said.
Protesters on Wednesday called for justice for Ashford and other black men shot by police in northern New Jersey.
They arrived on a bus from Newark and marched down Valley Brook Avenue to the the Township Police Department. Ashford's grandmother, 65-year-old Cecille Hepburn, said, "Somebody has to be held accountable for taking my baby."
The People's Organization for Progress, the group that led the march Wednesday, held a rally against police brutality the prior week in Newark. The gathering's aim was to seek justice for Ashford and other men shot by police in New Jersey.
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