Newark, New Jersey Case Study

According to New Jersey v. T.L.O Supreme Court Case (1999), a teacher at Piscataway High School in Middlesex County, New Jersey discovered two 14-year-old freshmen smoking in a lavatory on March 7, 1980. Since smoking in the lavatory was a violation of a school rule, the teacher took the two girls to the Principal’s office, where they met with Theodore Choplick, the Assistant Vice Principal. During questioning, one girl admitted that has had violated the school rule, while the other girl, T.L.O, denied she smoked at all, much less that she had been smoking in the lavatory. Becoming suspicious, Mr. Choplick asked T.L.O to come into his office and to see her purse. Upon opening the purse, Mr. Choplick found a pack of cigarettes. When he went to grab for the cigarettes he noticed a package of cigarette rolling papers. Suspecting evidence of drug use could be found in the purse, Mr. Choplick proceeded to look through the purse. The searched discovered a small amount of marijuana, a pipe, a number of empty

There are a lot of social problems in my community. The most current social issue is that Newark, NJ has laid off 167 police officials on November 30th of 2010. This was 14% of the police working for Newark. They were discharged from several precincts within Newark. Jen Chung from Gothamist stated "crime has increased there have been numerous carjacking’s—victims include a staffer in the NJ Attorney General's office and a Newark school principal—and shootings (since Thursday, four people have been shot dead and six have been wounded)." Since the layoff of police, residents have

In the case of New Jersey VS TLO, a high school student was held for violating school rules, with possession of smoking and having other illegal belongings on school campus property, and with an argued statement about violating her fourth amendment rights against unreasonable searches. Two Piscataway Township high school freshmen girls were smoking cigarettes in the bathroom, where they were caught by a teacher who had seen them. The teacher walked up with the two girls to the principals office, in which they met with the assistant vice principal. They were both questioned individually about violating a school rule by smoking in the bathroom. One of the girls admitted to smoking, whom surely was disciplined under school

T.L.O. and The New Jersey State School system.T.L.O.was found in the lavatory smoking by a teacher and was brought to the Vice Principal's office. The vice principal searched her purse and found illegal substances and turned them into the legal authority after contacting them and her mother. The student claimed that it goes against the fourth amendment because it was an illegal search and seizure. Their dispute was whether the school had the right to search and take illegal substances found when they do search the students.The case got to the supreme court by appeals through the lower court systems because it dealt with the interpretation of the fourth amendment.

The boys were all promptly arrested and urged into speedy rushed trials. The case was originally heard in Scottsboro, Alabama with no arraignment or pretrial motions filed due to their trials being rushed as quickly as possible with very poor legal representation. All the boys excluding,

The parties: The State of New Jersey and T.L.O. (a 14 year-old high school student)

Lyyasia Wrenn AVID 12 10 May, 2018 My Path Project Essay: Growing up in Newark, New Jersey I was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey a place that was really diverse. Living in New Jersey you were introduced to many different cultures and backgrounds, you could be walking down the street and many people would be having parties or cookouts that showcased where they were from. Growing up in Newark, New Jersey my childhood was great, I had a big imagination as a child, one that got me pretty far in life.

Scene Description: This incident occurred inside of the residential property at 12140 76th St N. This property sits facing east towards 76th St N. The deceased was located in the office slouched to the left in a chair. See photographs for details

Facts of the case: Decades of economic decline, led the city of New London to declare a “distressed municipality”, with the unemployment rate doubled, the city of New London approved an “economic revitalization” plan, and authorized a non-profit organization; New London Development Corporation (NDCL) to take the development plan into action. Pfizer announced a plan to build a research facility in the Fort Trumbull area, which was home to 115 private properties. These properties are being taken by New London, and just compensation is to be given to the owners. Susette Kelo (Plaintiff) sued the city of New London and NDCL (Defendant) on grounds that the ‘public use’ restriction in the Fifth Amendment was being violated by the takings of private property. The defendants argued that the development plan was an opportunity to attract new businesses opportunities to the area, although it wouldn’t be open to the public, it would serve public purpose. A first trial prohibited New London from taking the properties, but an appeal from the State Supreme Court granted permission to take the properties. A second appeal by Kelo to the Supreme Court, was affirmed by 5-4 in favor of the State Supreme Court.

Trial one happened on October 18, 1954 in the Cleveland Courtroom led by 70 years old Judge Edward Blythin. Popular journalists came to the Cleveland for the trial. A columnist and famous Tv host, Dorothy Kilgallen, asked the judge during the break about the case and the judge replied, “He’s guilty as hell.” (Sheppardaccount. (n.d.). Retrieved November 21, 2016, from http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sheppard/sheppardaccount.html). Judge’s statement shows that from the evidences, he knew that Sheppard was guilty. As the court started to choose jurors, almost every jurors knew about this case and this is why the judge ordered to move the dates on court at the end of the year. One of the newspaper in Cleveland published each of the jurors name and their photos. Which made things harder for jurors. The processed of this case begun on November 3, 2016. Media started to quiet down about this case, so the judge ordered to continue. The juror was selected as seven men and four women.

In the early 20th century, Camden, New Jersey was known as “a city invincible” with a booming economy fueled by manufacturing. At Camden’s manufacturing peak, there were nearly 43,000 factory jobs, but in the 1950s they began to face a period of economic stagnation and deindustrialization. Over the course of nearly thirty years, the industrial jobs had dropped to a mere 10,000 and alongside the manufacturing decline Camden became a city of economic, political, and social ruins. Today Camden is one of the poorest and most crime ridden cities in the nation, but by investing in future generations through mentorships, a revitalized public education system and the renovating and repurposing of infrastructure, Camden could see tremendous

Begining in1958 the area of Eglinton West was settled by many immigrants from the Caribbean with a large percentage of Jamaicans residents. The 1970s and 80s brought a large wave of Caribbean people to Toronto this created a thriving and vibrant community in Eglinton West. Jamaicans imported their culture such as reggae music and opened music shops, labels, studios and clubs in the area. Little Jamaica is actually the second largest hub for reggae music after Kingston, Jamaica. Other businesses include barbers, beauty salons, restaurants, grocery store, tailors. Well, known business in the area is Monica beauty salon and beauty supplies, Randy's legendary Jamaican patties,

The COMPSTAT ( Compare-Statistics) system was developed by the New York Police Department in 1994 and is credited with having a significant impact on the reduction of major crimes in New York city. COMPSTAT is internationally recognized as having become an extremely successful tool, incorporating accurate crime intelligence analysis methods and streamlining law enforcement management processes, including the seeding of power to local district commanders. In broad strokes, COMPSTAT can be described as a series of process used for the collection and analysis of criminal intelligence data which in turn assists commanders in developing effective strategies and tactics to combat crime.

CM spoke to Kiara Gelin (youth) regarding a follow-up on services. Youth reported she continues to attend the Partial Hospitalization program at the Jersey City Medical Center. CM was informed that youth stopped attending the TASC program due to time conflict and youth will resume the program in September. CM and youth disused employment; youth had a job interview at Wendy’s, Fast food restaurant. CM encouraged youth to apply at local jobs in the mall, CM verbally provided youth with a list of jobs that are hiring in the community. CM inquired about the Cook, Eat and Talk program. Youth reported the family will follow-up with the program once the family phone is working. CM agreed. CM and youth discussed mentor

Recently in Boston, Mayor Martin Walsh passed an ordinance into law that stated all municipal employees that started after July 1, 1976 must live and be a registered voter in the city. A spokesperson for the mayor, Bonnie McGilpan, released a statement to the press on the third week of March to inform citizens of the change. This is not the first time city employees have faced this type of legal issue. In fact, the original ordinance that required them to reside in Boston was first drafted in 1976 and placed within the city's municipal code. The difference is that Walsh’s administration is the first to enforce this law since then.