A New Jersey woman has been fined $ 2,500 for police overtime costs after setting up a “New, Peaceful Black Live Matter Protest” in late July, a report said.
Emily Gill, 18, who graduated from Bergen County Technical School in June, failed to warn authorities in advance about the incident, according to a report by NJ.com.
Gill believed the lack of affordable housing options in his neighborhood was a racial issue that should be brought to public attention by 30- to 40-year-olds, according to NJ.com.
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But four days after the demonstration, Gill received a bill from the police for excessive spending, which officials said was opposed.
Mayor of Englewood Cliffs Mario M. “Please forward your payment to the borough in the amount of Rs 4,499.26 for police overtime due to your protest,” Kranjak wrote in the letter.
The letter explained that Gill’s refusal to meet with officers had embarrassed the Anglewood Cliffs Police Department to provide security for the incident and had inspired many officers to work overtime.
“Due to the lack of your notice, there is still some time left to prepare for your protest, so that the police department and the public works department can ensure that everyone is safe,” the mayor wrote, according to the news outlet.
Gill reports that he doesn’t feel like meeting face fickles because of the coronavirus, and asked if a zoom meeting could take place instead. He said the request was denied.
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“They kept pushing (one meeting in person) and then they stopped answering me,” Gill told NJ.com.
In response to the fine he received, Gill said he had complained to Englewood Cliffs Police Chief William Henkelman, arguing that the police did not need additional services and that every protester who discarded his or her garbage properly.
The president responded by instructing Gill that he had met with the borough to “require extensive preparation and additional staffing, including overtime costs,” the publication said Friday.
Gill said the mayor did not respond to his email sent more than two weeks ago, questioning the “legitimacy of the bill.”
The Republican mayor, however, responded to NJ.com’s inquiries.
“Ms. Gill misinformed when she linked our affordable housing questions to her opposition, and she was wrong when she wrote that I voted against affordable housing, “Meyer told the publication.” Everyone is welcome in Englewood Cliffs. “
The mayor suggested that the protest be a “private event” and that the bill be justified.
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“As with any privately sponsored event in the borough as required by police security, an invoice was sent to the organizer for police overtime, as it is unfair for our residents to financially support a private event,” Kranj told local news.
The mayor’s office could not immediately be reached for comment by Fox News.
In a tweet Friday, the New Jersey ACLU defended Gill, claiming the fine is an illegal charge of exercising the right to free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution.
