In the early morning hours of May 13, 2016, a fatal encounter outside a bar in Union, New Jersey, resulted in the death of 37-year-old Michael Gaffney. Gaffney, a male resident of Piscataway and a construction worker, was at Paddy's Place on Rosemont Avenue when an altercation erupted between him and an off-duty Newark police officer, Joseph Macchia. The initial dispute escalated into a physical fight that briefly subsided when the two men were separated. However, the conflict reignited for a se
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