Newark Mayor Cory Booker has said he's enthusiastic about working with the U.S. Department of Justice as it investigates the city police department after numerous allegations of civil rights violations by officers against residents.

But that wasn't always the case.

Booker months ago criticized a petition by New Jersey's American Civil Liberties Union requesting federal intervention. At the time, Booker said the New Jersey chapter of the ACLU asked for federal monitoring instead of an investigation.

PolitiFact New Jersey investigated Booker's claim and found it to be false.

Read our complete ruling at www.PolitiFactNJ.com and then join the conversation here in this post on NJ.com.

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