A prime New Jersey cop spewed an offensive comment concerning the Jewish lawyer normal and his younger son on “Deliver Your Baby to Work Day this 12 months,” in accordance with a newly revealed criticism.
The State Police’s second-in-command Sean Kilcomons allegedly referred to AG Matt Platkin as “that Jew” and ordered a division helicopter to remain within the air so the prosecutor’s son couldn’t see inside it on April 25, in accordance with a report filed with the AG’s Public Integrity and Accountability Unit.
“I don’t need that Jew’s child within the State Police helicopter,” Kilcomons, lieutenant colonel of the State Police, is quoted within the submitting as saying throughout the occasion — when cops hosted employees with ties to regulation enforcement and their youngsters.
Youngsters received the possibility to see troopers’ tools, police horses and a show of a helicopter on the bottom that had been flown in for the occasion, in accordance with pictures posted on-line by state police of the occasion.
However Kilcomons allegedly instructed the chopper to remain within the air till Platkin and his little one left the world, in accordance with the report obtained by The Publish.
“Inform him to not land,” Kilcomons allegedly stated, in accordance with the doc given to the AG’s workplace on Oct. 7.
The state lawyer normal’s workplace stated in an announcement final week it has been made conscious of the report, however declined additional remark.
“We neither affirm nor deny the existence of investigations,” an AG spokesperson stated.
Typically, experiences involving state police conduct are referred to the general public integrity unit for assessment and potential investigation, the spokesperson stated.
The report, which has extra allegations in opposition to Kilcomons and different state police leaders, was lodged anonymously for worry of retribution, in accordance with the doc.
However sources stated the fiery claims come from a state trooper.
The doc comprises different detailed data that solely troopers or these near troopers would know, one other supply advised The Publish.
Platkin, who was appointed in 2022 by Gov. Phil Murphy, and Kilcomons have lengthy been at odds, in accordance with a number of sources.
In an e-mail to The Publish, a state police spokesperson didn’t instantly tackle the allegation in opposition to Kilcomons, as a substitute itemizing what the “Deliver Your Baby to Work Day” occasion entails and saying the division is “dedicated to serving and defending with honor, responsibility, and constancy.”
“The helicopter was solely flown to the headquarters previous to the beginning of the occasion and once more after its conclusion,” the spokesperson stated.
The spokesperson didn’t reply to a follow-up e-mail in search of touch upon the precise accusation.
State police are already underneath a microscope after the findings of two probes launched by the lawyer normal’s workplace outlined “deeply troubling and systemic issues” with the police power, together with racial discrimination and weaponizing inside affairs in opposition to some troopers, Platkin stated in a information launch final month.
The NAACP and different black activists at the moment are calling for Gov. Phil Murphy to take away each Kilcomons and his boss, Superintendent Patrick Callahan.
“Governor, we name upon you. You’re the just one, not the lawyer normal, that has the ability to take away those that sit on the prime of the heap within the New Jersey State Police,” stated Bishop Jethro C. James Jr., earlier this month, in accordance with the New Jersey Monitor.
NAACP New Jersey State Convention President Richard Smith stated he doesn’t imagine Callahan and Kilcomons can enact a sequence of reforms prompt within the AG’s experiences, CBS 2 NY reported earlier this month.
Members of the Jewish neighborhood in Lakewood at the moment are additionally conveying outrage over Kilcomons’ alleged comment after they have been despatched a letter making them conscious of the report and urging them to contact the governor’s workplace to ask for speedy adjustments.
However a pair of Jewish neighborhood leaders contacted The Publish unsolicited after preliminary inquiries to the AG’s Workplace and State Police, vouching for Kilcomons’ character and describing him as a buddy to Jewish residents.
“Sean Kilcomons has been a steadfast supporter of the Jewish neighborhood for so long as I’ve recognized him,” stated Marc Zislin, president of the NJ-based Jewish Troopers Affiliation, Inc. “His dedication deepened after October seventh and continues to strengthen.”
Rabbi Mendy Carlebach advised The Publish this week Kilcomons visited his Chabad home at Rutgers to make sure college students on campus felt protected following the Oct. 7, 2023 terror assault on Israel.
“Over time that I’ve handled him I’ve simply seen him as a really stand-up particular person,” he stated.
Platkin, who’s the state’s chief regulation enforcement officer, has repeatedly made statements condemning antisemitism in New Jersey relationship again to earlier than the assault on Israel by Hamas.
“As we mark October seventh, a reminder to all of New Jersey: The assaults on Israel within the identify of hate show that antisemitism is alive and that we should work collectively to defeat it,” he stated in an announcement this month.
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