Black lawmakers and advocacy groups are advocating for legislative leaders to hold hearings in March on a bill creating a New Jersey Reparations Task Force.
First changes in 20 years to the use-of-force policy, which also limit high-speed chases, take effect at the start of 2022, after training is complete.
Liberal activists say the state of the state is not as good as they expected it would be when voters paired Gov. Phil Murphy and a Democratic legislature.