Repub Mayor heard on secret recordings using racial slurs (paid $400K to keep recordings quiet

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CLARK, N.J. — Recently surfaced audio recordings capturing Mayor Sal Bonaccorso using profanity and racist language has propelled this small town into a national spotlight.

But amid the outcry, Black residents of Clark and the surrounding area say that they aren’t surprised — and that the town’s history of bigotry is now on full display.

Bonaccorso, who has been mayor for over two decades, has resisted calls to resign. He apologized last week and acknowledged he is the voice heard on secret audio recordings made by former Clark police Lt. Antonio Manata. Bonaccorso is heard on the recordings using the N-word and other derogatory terms. He also admitted to saying female police officers were “all f------ disasters.”

“I was not shocked. I was disgusted, but I was not shocked,” said La’Tesha Sampson, a Black resident of Clark, in describing her first impressions of the recordings. “I am keenly aware of many of the sentiments of the people here.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/residents-of-new-jersey-town-say-mayor-s-racist-comments-are-reflection-of-bigoted-history/ar-AAWhj6Z

https://nj1015.com/dont-buy-clark-mayor-bonaccorsos-apology-for-racist-slurs-opinion/


Don’t buy Clark Mayor Bonaccorso’s apology for racist slurs (Opinion)

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Hey Mayor Sal Bonaccorso, if I buy the apology you’re trying to sell would you throw in the Driscoll Bridge, too? Sorry pal, I’m putting my wallet away.

In a story where absolutely nobody looks good, the mayor of Clark finally acknowledged what the rest of the world knew, that it was indeed him in the recordings using disgusting racist slurs like N-words, spooks and shines.

It was from what’s been called a whistleblower case and some Clark residents were outraged when it came to light that the city settled with the guy who made the recordings for $400,000 to keep him quiet about it — $400,000, of course, that came from taxpayers of the town just to protect the mayor’s political skin.

The Clark police chief and an internal affairs supervisor were also caught on the recording and are now on paid leave. The mayor is under increasing pressure to resign.

Instead of doing that, Bonaccorso decided to fix all this by publicly apologizing for the racist language. Which is hysterical considering part of the secretly recorded incidents has him talking to the other men about a time when he had to appear in front of black people to apologize for what appeared to be nooses hanging at the high school in Clark and you can tell his entire attitude was that it was just an insincere apology he was obligated to give.

[Baitball Blogger]

1. kick

[tishaLA]

2. The cops on "paid leave" aka paid vacation

have apparently been on that leave for 20 months at the cost to taxpayers of $763,000 dollars. https://www.nj.com/opinion/2022/04/visit-clark-township-see-systemic-racism-defined-letters.html

Almost 2 years of doing jack shit for the town--a town of only 15,000 people--and getting paid for it. And that's on top of the $400,000 the town paid out to the whistleblower, so their racism has cost at least $1.1 million so far.

[ck4829]

4. K&R

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Lock him up.

$400,000 is a lot of money to steal.