A neighbor was accused of racial bias last fall when he called police after spotting Bobbi Wilson, 9, spraying spotted lanterflies in her yard.
last October while she was doing her part to rid the state of the invasive species.
When Ijeoma Opara, a Yale School of Public Health assistant professor and New Jersey native, heard about the incident she invited Bobbi to take a tour she created to introduce the girl to Black women scientists at Yale. Bobbi Wilson shipping her collected spotted lanternflies to Yale Peabody Museum, making these the entomology division's first lanternfly specimens.
When a police officer showed up at her house, Bobbi asked if she was in trouble. The officer said no, according to his bodycam footage. Montclair police officer Erica Peterson, who is Black, said she heard about Bobbi’s incident late last year and told the family she wanted the department to recognize Bobbi in some way. The idea was brought to Montclair Police Chief Todd Conforti, who agreed to celebrate Bobbi’s environmental work.
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