NJ AG's office releases body cam footage of fatal police shooting in Paterson

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The New Jersey Attorney General's office has released body camera footage of the fatal shooting of Najee Seabrooks, a 31-year-old violence intervention specialist, by Paterson police officers in March. Seabrooks was in the midst of a mental health crisis and had been barricaded in his apartment bathroom for almost five hours before being shot. The footage shows Seabrooks emerging from the bathroom with a knife in his hand before being shot by two officers. The incident has sparked public outrage and calls for non-law enforcement first responses to mental health calls.
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