Maplewood is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is an inner-ring suburban bedroom community of New York City in the New York metropolitan area. From Wikipedia
Officer Chian Weekes-Rivera alleges she was disciplined for wearing Bantu knots, a traditional African hairstyle, in violation of New Jersey's CROWN Act, which protects against hair discrimination; her sergeants were also disciplined for refusing to order her to change her hairstyle.
