Douglas Palmer served as Trenton, New Jersey's first African-American mayor from 1990 to 2010. From 2006 to 2008, he was president of the United States Conference of Mayors.
He was born in Trenton and attended Trenton public schools. He then graduated from the Bordentown Military Institute in Bordentown, New Jersey.
Douglas Palmer is a graduate of Virginia's private black college Hampton University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management in 1973.
We had a tipping point with gangs. It started around 2004. We were, at the time, not prepared. My police director that came in, Joe Santiago, who is one of the best, in my opinion, law enforcement people in the country, he was the chief in Newark and reduced the crime in half, came to Trenton and...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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