Tag: racist flier
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Racist flier in 2017 Edison BOE election may be heard before state grand jury
EDISON – The details of the racist flier that was distributed by mail during the 2017 Edison Township Public Schools Board of Education election may be heard before a state grand jury, according to Township Council Vice President Sam Joshi. Joshi, along with Council Vice President Bob Diehl, relayed that the New Jersey Attorney General’s…
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Mayoral candidate responds to claims he was involved in racist flier
Edison mayoral candidate Mahesh Bhagia, who has been endorsed by the Edison Democratic Organization for the November election, issued the following statement on March 10 regarding an investigation into a racist flier that was distributed in the community in 2017: “The racial flier was shameful and deplorable, and I was personally offended when I saw…
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New Jersey Attorney General’s Office assigns detective to investigate 2017 racist flier in Edison
EDISON – Up until recently it was not clear if the New Jersey Attorney General’s office was investigating the racist flier that was distributed by mail during the 2017 Edison Township Public Schools Board of Education election. Early on in the investigation, Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan had said the investigation was in the hands…
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Board of Education member on 2017 racist flier may have been involved in mailing, according to U.S. Postal Inspector’s report
EDISON – Was the racist flier that was distributed by mail during the 2017 Edison Township Public Schools Board of Education election “a political trick for politics”? That is what Township Councilman Robert Diehl believes, and he called the information in United States Postal Inspector David Comer’s report “a shame” during a Committee of the…
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Fingerprints may answer who is responsible for distributing racist fliers in 2017 Edison Board of Education election
EDISON – As a new election season rolls around, questions still linger surrounding the offensive events of the 2017 election in Edison. One main question remains – who distributed the racist fliers by mailing on Oct. 31, 2017, with the faces of the two candidates, Jerry Shi and Falguni Patel, who are of Asian descent?…
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Edison council forms committee of the whole to investigate racist fliers
EDISON – Citing frustration over two years of unanswered questions, the Edison Township Council has formed a committee of the whole to conduct its own investigation into who is responsible for sending racist fliers that displayed two Board of Education candidates in an offensive light during the election season. The Township Council unanimously approved the…
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Edison Council begins own investigation into racist flier
EDISON — Another election has come and gone, but that is not stopping the investigation into who is responsible for distributing the racist flier mailed during the 2017 Board of Education campaign season. The Township Council has instructed Township Attorney William Northgrave to gather all available information on the racist flier and prepare a report. Northgrave…
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Public may not know racist flier mailer for years to come
EDISON — It may take months –or even years — before the public will know who is responsible for distributing the racist flier by mailing during the 2017 board of education elections, according to Township Attorney William Northgrave. Northgrave shared with the Township Council at a meeting on Sept. 12 he just finished defending a…