NEW JERSEY SENATOR FEARS RIOTS, GUN BATTLES, OVER ECONOMIC TROUBLE
Turnerradionetwork.com
February 1, 2014
– Saying “people can’t take it anymore” New Jersey State Senator Ron Rice (D- Essex) says he believes New Jersey will soon erupt in riots. He says it could be as bad or worse than the Newark riots of 1967. At a press conference in Trenton, Rice said ““I’m praying it doesn’t happen but believe me we’re back where we were in the ‘60s. We feel it and we’re very fearful.”
Three state lawmakers from Newark who lived through the city’s infamous July 1967 riots are warning that severe economic pressures combined with a surging underground gun culture may cause New Jersey’s cities to erupt in similar violence as early as this summer.
Speaking at a news conference at the Statehouse yesterday morning, Sen. Ron Rice (D-Essex) and two of his Assembly colleagues pointed to record-breaking homicide figures in several of the state’s biggest cities and announced legislation that would create a commission to study solutions to urban violence. Without the type of swift action sure to be recommended by such a commission, they warned, riots won’t be far off.
“People can’t take it anymore,” intoned Rice, a former police detective who holds two criminal justice degrees and serves as vice chair of the Senate’s community and urban affairs committee. “I’m praying it doesn’t happen but believe me we’re back where we were in the ‘60s. We feel it and we’re very fearful.”
The Rest…HERE
