Former Caldwell, New Jersey councilman calls police on child catching lanternflies

“There’s a little Black woman, walking, spraying stuff on the sidewalks and trees on Elizabeth and Florence. I don’t know what the hell she’s doing, scares me though,” said Gordon Lawshe, a former co-chair and treasurer of the Caldwell Republican Party.

A Black mother in New Jersey said her 9-year-old daughter is still in fear weeks after a white neighbor called the police on her for spraying a lanternfly-killing solution to save neighborhood trees from the invasive insects.

Monique Joseph spoke about the late October incident during a Nov. 1 mayor and council meeting in the town of Caldwell, as reported by today! 

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