a stunning report from the US attorney for the District of New Jersey detailing a laundry list of alleged civil rights violations by the Trenton Police Department us attorney Philip Selinger says the investigation which started in October of 2023 found a pattern of unlawful excessive force when officers face little or no danger as well as deficiencies in training supervision and policy inside Trenton PD in his report singer cites examples of officers escalating encounters including a 2023 stop when officers stomped on a man's head multiple times kneeled on his head and kicked him in the shoulder all after the man was arrested using reasonable Force the report also identifies a pattern of officers stopping and arresting pedestrians without probable cause Selinger recommends more than two dozen changes including improving use of force policies requiring all stops to be recorded on body cameras addressing outstanding misconduct complaints and implementing de-escalation training [Music]