“Whenever this type of force is used and a life is taken, is it that much to ask for an independent review?” Sweeney said in an interview this week. “Give people the comfort level that an investigation has been done independently.”
Murphy has not indicated whether he will sign the measure and a spokesperson declined comment. Supporters, led by the advocacy group Faith in New Jersey, have called for the governor to enact the bill “with no amendments, changes or any other conditions.”
