Standing on the sideline donning bright green shirts that read “equality” on the back and “end racism” on the front, a team of seventh-graders watched as the opposing basketball team scored the first basket. It was an act of protest. The team out of West Orange, coached by state Sen. Dick Codey, played at a tournament in Clark Saturday morning. Their act of defiance was to send a message to the town’s mayor, Sal Bonaccorso. Resign. It came nearly two months after NJ Advance Media published recordings that captured Bonaccorso and police brass using racial slurs that included the N-word. Bonacco…
