The complaint was filed last month by activist and former Teaneck firefighter Bill Brennan. It stemmed from a separate Bridgegate trial in which ex-Port Authority official David Wildstein testified that the Republican governor knew about the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge — which were allegedly ordered by Christie staffers as political retribution against Mark Sokolich, the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee.

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Jo'wan Bellamy taught in the GNETS program for 17 years and recently transferred to Atlanta’s new behavioral program at Crawford Long Middle School. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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