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| A grand jury will review the fatal Dec. 10 police shooting of Malik Williams, 19. |
The lead story on Page 1 of The Record today officially tells readers the Woodland Park daily no longer matters when it comes to big local news stories.
Three months after Malik Williams, 19, of Garfield was shot dead in a confrontation with two police officers, county Prosecutor John L. Molinelli has decided to present the case to a grand jury.
No. Head Assignment Editor Deirdre Sykes and her lazy, incompetent flunkies didn't force the prosecutor's hand.
Press releases
No reporter interviewed the owner of the garage where Williams allegedly hid and "armed himself with unspecified tools."
No reporter looked for witnesses to the shooting. And, initially, no reporter tried to find out the identity of the two police officers involved.
Family's autopsy
In fact, Molinelli is reacting only to The Record's news report and editorial last month on the family's independent autopsy, which found two bullet holes in the suspect's back, with no apparent entry or exit wounds in the front of his body.
Four days after Editor Marty Gottlieb ran a Sykes-inspired, front-page whitewash of affordable housing in Bergen County, a state appeals court told Governor Christie he didn't have the power to abolish the state Council on Affordable Housing (A-4).
Why isn't that story on Page 1 today, in place of a photo of an injured turkey? Maybe all the editors who are turkeys identify with the bird and not low-and moderate-income families.
More road kill
On Sykes' Local front, Road Warrior John Cichowski gnashes his teeth for the umpteenth time over pedestrian deaths as the quality of mass transit in the region continues to decline (L-1).
The section is filled not with local news from Hackensack and other towns, but with Law & Order news, including photos of a minor traffic accident in Teaneck (L-2) and a trash fire in South Hackensack (L-6).
I'm sure Sykes and her sub-editors are heading for watering holes tonight to celebrate what a good job they did this week.
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