The Puerto Rican Action Committee of Southern New Jersey issued a statement calling the allegations over Millville court operations “very disturbing.” “When you have a municipal court judge making a statement such as the one that he made that what he observed was discriminatory in nature apparently towards Latinos is disappointing,”
Ralph Padilla, the group’s CEO, and Jose Sanchez Sr., the group’s president said in the statement. “We commend Judge Witcher for his courage to call out what appears to be injustice at this court in the scheduling and handling of Latino defendants.
