LEGISLATORS EXPRESS PROFOUND DISAPPOINTMENT; LATINO ACTION NETWORK DEMANDS ANSWERS

By Matt Gray | For NJ.com

Latino and Black state legislators are expressing “profound disappointment” over the recent discrimination allegations levied against a South Jersey municipal court, while an advocacy group is calling for a probe into how state judiciary officials handled the matter.

The state Attorney General’s Division on Civil Rights filed a complaint last week accusing Millville Municipal Court in Cumberland County of discriminating against Latino defendants.

The state Latino Action Network is calling for an independent review of the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts’ handling of the allegations of Latino bias in Millville, saying public faith in the state’s judicial system is at stake.