New Jersey’s attorney general has charged a mayor with public corruption — and recommended firing two top police officers after an investigation found rampant racism and sexism in Clark Township's police department.

a years-long investigation found rampant racism, sexism and poor professional practices in the township’s police department.

For instance, he (the attorney general) said, from 2017-2023, 44% of the people arrested in Clark were Black — even though only 2% of the township’s population was Black.

The attorney general released a 43-page report on his office’s findings Monday and called for Police Chief Pedro Matos and internal affairs head Sgt. Joseph Teston to be fired. 

 In late 2019, a whistleblower provided local officials with recordings of  Matos and Teston using racial slurs. But Clark Township officials agreed to keep it quiet by paying the whistleblower a $400,000 settlement and let him stay on the payroll for another two years without working.

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