The complaint, filed in New Jersey Superior Court, follows a long-running investigation into allegations of racism and misconduct within the department.
Patrick Thomas, a Black firefighter, accuses the Bloomfield Fire Department, township leaders, the fire chief and colleague W. Coffey.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that racist texts and social media posts proved the men targeted Arbery because of race.
Cellphone footage captured a group of white teens chasing, beating, and hurling racial slurs at him outside a Regal Cinemas theater.
A Black married couple says they were chased, threatened, and injured in a racially charged attack on July 20 while driving in Spotsylvania, Virginia.
Christopher Robertson, 42, who also goes by the name James Lomak, was arrested on Aug. 1 following a tense standoff with FBI agents at his home
Paul Jonathan Bittner, 43, was sentenced to 41 months in prison after punching an 11-year-old boy in the face in an alleged racially-motivated hate crime.
A video reportedly shows several men punching and kicking Green as he lay on the ground. His family believes the attack was racially motivated.
Ada Anderson, 81, has been arrested and charged with three counts of felony battery after allegedly pepper-spraying two Black children and their mother in Ocala, Florida.
Sheron Brown and his 10-year-old daughter were fishing on Memorial Day when a man hurled racial slurs and threw rocks at them, authorities said.
