Mayor told cops to keep Black people out of his town: lawsuit

[scruffy]

The state of New Jersey is suing Clark Township police officials and former mayor Salvatore “Sal” Bonaccorso for racial discrimination, alleging officials instructed officers to “keep Black people out of Clark” through targeted policing practices.

The lawsuit, filed by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, names Bonaccorso, suspended Police Chief Pedro Matos and current Police Director Patrick Grady, alleging that town leaders “systematically discriminated against and harassed Black and other non-white motorists.”

The lawsuit alleges that Clark police disproportionately targeted Black and Hispanic drivers, stopping Black motorists about 3.7 times and Hispanic motorists about 2.2 times more often than white drivers, violating New Jersey civil rights laws and the state constitution.

Officials claim the borough used traffic enforcement quotas, focused on areas near the Garden State Parkway and neighboring towns with larger minority populations, and used minor violations or even fabricated marijuana odor claims as a basis to search vehicles.

Evidence includes audio recordings from as early as 2019 in which Bonaccorso used racial slurs and instructed police officers to “keep chasing the spooks out of town,” a derogatory term aimed at Black people, and to focus enforcement on roads leading from neighboring communities with larger minority populations, according to the suit.

MSN

I am pretty sure no one is surprised by this, but it is just interesting to see what the forum racist think about it, maybe they will want to move there.

New Jersey has always been the political armpit of America. Still is.

 

[Zincwarrior]

New Jersey has always been the political armpit of America. Still is.

No thats Mississippi.

 

[MisterBeale]

So you don't care if blacks commit more offenses that justify their getting stopped?

". . . Evidence includes audio recordings from as early as 2019 in which Bonaccorso used racial slurs and instructed police officers to “keep chasing the spooks out of town,” a derogatory term aimed at Black people, and to focus enforcement on roads leading from neighboring communities with larger minority populations, according to the suit.

Bonaccorso, a Republican who served as Clark’s mayor for about 25 years, resigned in January 2025 shortly after beginning his seventh term in office. He faced separate corruption charges, pleading guilty to using township resources to benefit his private business and forging signatures on permit applications.

In 2020, a police officer secretly recorded Bonaccorso, Matos and another official using racial slurs against Black people. The town later paid $400,000 to settle the matter out of court, though the allegations were eventually made public. . . "

https://www.njoag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-0115_Clark-Complaint-with-CIS.pdf

 

[IM2]

Well it worked, their violent crime rate is way below the national average.

White people commit the most violent crime.

 

[22lcidw]

What this post shows it that White Racists support and defend other White Racists. A member or members engaging in name calling and personal attacks have nothing less to contribute. Racism will, like water always seek its own level.

Near all of your politicians, entertainers and media people live in white enclaves. Real racism.

 

[IM2]

If your entire life is spent looking for racism, you can probably find some somewhere.

That not hw it works. Except for you right-wing whites who scour the internet to find stories about black and brown people committing crimes, while you elect a criminal to be the president. We don't have to look for racim you guys bring it to us, then claim that what you say and do isn't racism.

 

[IM2]

Name calling AND personal attacks. In other words you ain't got shit and now you prove it.

Captain Queeg is the guy who started a thread that claimed blacks had it better during Jim Crow. So you know why he is behaving ike that.

 

[IM2]

All that is supposed to be a thing of the past, you guys tell us.

It's time you guys quit lying because we all know that it isn't.

 

[theHawk]

White people commit the most violent crime.

Then why is their crime rate so low?

Your lies aren’t adding up.

 

[0311]

A Sundown Town in New Jersey. I interesting.

I can remember seeing them in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. White Racist insecurity runs deep.

 

[IM2]

Then why is their crime rate so low?

Your lies aren’t adding up.

It's not. Whites commit more crimes than anyone else.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I can remember seeing them in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. White Racist insecurity runs deep.

They still exist in deep East Texas.

 

[Lumpy 1]

White people commit the most violent crime.

This is why you have zero credibility ..

 

[theHawk]

It's not. Whites commit more crimes than anyone else.

Yea I’m sure you choose to live in Compton or Baltimore over white neighborhoods.

Why is it that every rich black celebrity moves to white neighborhoods? Like B. Hussein Obama did?

 

[ThisIsMe]

The state of New Jersey is suing Clark Township police officials and former mayor Salvatore “Sal” Bonaccorso for racial discrimination, alleging officials instructed officers to “keep Black people out of Clark” through targeted policing practices.

The lawsuit, filed by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, names Bonaccorso, suspended Police Chief Pedro Matos and current Police Director Patrick Grady, alleging that town leaders “systematically discriminated against and harassed Black and other non-white motorists.”

The lawsuit alleges that Clark police disproportionately targeted Black and Hispanic drivers, stopping Black motorists about 3.7 times and Hispanic motorists about 2.2 times more often than white drivers, violating New Jersey civil rights laws and the state constitution.

Officials claim the borough used traffic enforcement quotas, focused on areas near the Garden State Parkway and neighboring towns with larger minority populations, and used minor violations or even fabricated marijuana odor claims as a basis to search vehicles.

Evidence includes audio recordings from as early as 2019 in which Bonaccorso used racial slurs and instructed police officers to “keep chasing the spooks out of town,” a derogatory term aimed at Black people, and to focus enforcement on roads leading from neighboring communities with larger minority populations, according to the suit.

MSN

I am pretty sure no one is surprised by this, but it is just interesting to see what the forum racist think about it, maybe they will want to move there.

Fire him.

 

[airplanemechanic]

When will the, 'N***er be out of town by sun down" be put up.

Vidor, TX just called, they want their sign back.

 

[IM2]

This is why you have zero credibility ..

I stated the facts. You don't determine anyone's credibility.

 

[IM2]

Yea I’m sure you choose to live in Compton or Baltimore over white neighborhoods.

Why is it that every rich black celebrity moves to white neighborhoods? Like B. Hussein Obama did?

Every black rich ceebrity doesn't move to a white neighborhood. I do think whites like you need to STFU, because it is the racist policies by whites in the federal government that created slums and ghettos. I would prefer to live in Compton or Baltimore rather than some rural all-white town.

 

[OODA_Loop]

I would prefer to live in Compton or Baltimore rather than some rural all-white town.

Strictly as a show of solidarity or what is genuinely best for their family?

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Do you have a problem with black cops pulling over black lawbreakers and/or do you always consider all cops white?

How many black cops do you think are on the force?