21-year-old Paterson man gets five-year prison sentence for gun possession

A city man received a five-year prison sentence for weapon possession on Friday.

Nashier Meyers, 21-year-old, pleaded guilty to weapon possession on July 13. He has to serve three-and-half years before becoming eligible for parole.

On January 27, 2019, Meyers was arrested in possession of a gun outside 191 Madison Street. He intended to use the gun against a person named “L.D.” Since his arrest, Meyers has spent 284 days in Passaic County Jail. Those days will be credited towards his prison sentence.

“We’re reading about all the shootings that are occurring, and they don’t have to happen. I don’t understand what is going on with the youth in Paterson, why they’re shooting at each other and harming each other in the way that they are,” said Passaic County Superior Court judge Justine Niccollai in imposing the sentence. “I don’t understand why he [Meyers] needs to be involved in the violence on the streets, the way that he’s been involved in the violence on the street. Luckily, no one was killed in this particular circumstance, either himself or the victim.”

Meyers has found himself engaging in anti-social behavior as a teenager. He has a “minor” criminal offense from 2016 and a disorderly persons offense from 2017. He used marijuana twice a day from the age of 15. He stopped using the drug in 2017.

Meyers was kicked out of Eastside High School in the 11th grade for getting into a fight.

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John

This Judge is lost. Why is Patersom a mess. Answer Mayor along with Police Chief have a city who is running wild. LAW AND ORDER!!!
HankMorgan

“‘I don’t understand what is going on with the youth in Paterson, why they’re shooting at each other and harming each other in the way that they are,’ said Passaic County Superior Court judge Justine Niccollai in imposing the sentence. ‘I don't understand why he [Meyers] needs to be involved in the violence on the streets, the way that he’s been involved in the violence on the street.’”
If this “Judge” is this out of touch why is she even hearing cases involving violent youth crime in Paterson? Either she wises up or send these cases to a less ignorant adjudicator. Considering the overall lack of quality judges this is probably the best we can hope for.
TK Kirkland

Madison St? That’s now a Crip gang strip along with Beech St…Don’t be surprised when he is released institutionalized and commits a homicide…
Canwereason Logic

The questions the judge asked are reasonable. There has to be something in their psychology that allows them to kill their neighbors. These domestic terrorists are killing innocent people, and unfortunately, some members of society continue to see them as victims of the system rather than cultural behavior within the gangs.
- HankMorgan
  
  Guess she should have just aksed you
  - Canwereason Logic
    
    The judge is probably not a psychiatrist or psychologist, so it's only natural for her to question why so many young people pick up a gun and shoot/kill innocent people. It does not matter how many years a person serves on the bench; some are compelled to ask questions to understand the decisions some people make entirely.
    - HankMorgan
      
      This is the problem. She was asking rhetorically, not looking or probing for any real information. Her question was shallow and reflected poorly on her intellect and scholarship. Anyone who reads the news regularly ( and she claims she does) has a good deal of information as to the reasons why young people are shooting and murdering each other. If she was truly interested in finding answers she could avail herself of the enormous body of research and commentary that exists on this subject. To not do so is simply lazy. To have an intellectually lazy judge on the bench hearing these kinds of cases is wrong.
      These informative articles are two of thousands that appear after a quick search.
      
      https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02733937
      
      https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002193479702800105
    - HankMorgan
      
      Her question was rhetorical. Anyone who simply regularly reads the local news has some ideas about why this problem persists. She wasn’t interested in an answer. If she was, she could have accessed any of the plentiful research, scholarship and commentary on the subject of violent crime in areas of urban poverty. That she hasn’t indicates a shallow lack of concern or real interest in the subject. Throwing her hands up because she’s too lazy to investigate the subject herself. Thus, this “judge” lacks the intellectual capacity and capabilities to hear such cases. While the quality of judges in general is poor, I would hope that one or two may possess enough information to adjudicate these hearings from an informed and fair position.
      A quick search shows thousands of well researched articles she could access and give her some of the answers she’s seeking.
      
      https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002193479702800105
      https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/black-psychology-matters/202008/addressing-black-black-violence%3famp
http://www.facebook.com/animalabusewar Animal Abuse War

Judge,it's called horrible parenting. Properly raised and supervised children grow up to be normal,educated,hard working adults.Not criminals.
- TK Kirkland
  
  Cut it out…You can be the best parent; but once your kid goes astray(usually trying to fit in with the “cool” kids..) it’s a longer uphill battle trying to turn them straight. And I’m not even including the internet/gaming chat parties… Your theory is outdated sir…Just like you!
HankMorgan

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