Faith leaders and officials in Atlantic County gathered on Wednesday to address the safety of places of worship after several crimes against churches and synagogues across New Jersey have been reported since the beginning of the year.
Mays is also the chairman of the Coalition for Safe Communities in Atlantic, Cape May, and Salem County. The coalition organized Wednesday night's discussion, which comes after two incidents took place just last weekend in New Jersey. . Police say a similar incident happened the day before at an African American church in Asbury Park.
"An individual went to this gathering and threw smoke bombs, left, came back and pepper sprayed members of the interfaith community while yelling out ‘white lives matter,'" said Ehtasham Chaudhry of the Office of Homeland Security. "It's not just the Jewish community, not just the Christian community, or the African American community, or the Muslim community, the Sikh community, it's everyone.
Last month, authorities say they also investigated crimes against churches in Camden and Gloucester counties. With the rise in crimes against places of worship, community leaders initiated a forum to discuss the myriad of resources available to assist faith leaders if an incident occurs. The forum gave resources like grants for human security, surveillance equipment, and free security assessments at places of worship with the goal of protecting people of all faiths, in all communities.
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