By Lynda Cohen\BreakingAC
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Family matters.
Those two words came up often at a rally in support of Atlantic City’s Mayor Marty Small Sr., schools superintendent and the high school’s principal.
The Rev. Steffie Bartley, who heads the Northeast sector of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, organized the event in front of the city’s Civil Rights Garden to question why 20 armed law enforcement officers raided the home of Mayor Marty Small, Superintendent LaQuetta Small [his wife] on March 28.
“We’re here today because we’re baffled at the fact that we moved from a family matter to seem like a criminal matter,” Bartley said.
The family matter centers around the Smalls’ 16-year-old daughter, and how she may have been disciplined in her parents’ home.
The Atlantic City High School student apparently went to her principal to report abuse by her parents. Constance Days-Chapman — known to the Small children as “Aunt Mandy” — allegedly ignored the allegations and instead went to the student’s parents, according to criminal charges filed against her last month. READ MORE…
