Panelists point to internet in rise of ‘hate speech’

Photo by Alyssa Lidman New Jersey Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick, standing at podium, moderated the forum ‘The Serious Issue of Hate Speech and Division in America’ at Union County College in Cranford on Oct. 10. The panelists included, from left, former New Jersey Attorney General and ex-U.S. Sen. Jeffrey Chiesa, Georgetown law professor Meryl J. Chertoff, current New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, former Political Director of the New Jersey Chapter of the NAACP Walter Fields and former New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino.