Newark mayor released from custody following arrest for trespassing at ICE detention center following protest

[Scrivener7]

Source: News12 New York

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week, according to federal officials. He was released hours later and told supporters: “I didn’t do anything wrong.”

News 12 crews witnessed the arrest Friday afternoon while attending a news conference organized by Baraka and a congressional delegation attempting to conduct an oversight inspection.
Baraka has aggressively pushed back against the construction and opening of the 1,000-bed detention center, arguing that it should not be allowed to open because of building permit issues.

Read more: https://newyork.news12.com/newark-mayor-released-from-custody-following-arrest-for-trespassing-at-ice-detention-center-following-protest

[riversedge]

1. This tweet shows the chaos when the Mayor was arrested by "armed soldiers"........

I hope the other 3 members of congress were released also.


Ruben Garcia
@goRubenRuben
Oralè Resister
Mayor Of Newark and
Three members of Congress were arrested by 20 armed soldiers and ICE at an
Illegal ICE Detention Center!
This is outrageous arresting elected public officials while

Link to tweet

ICE is operating without impunity or respect to the general public!
#Newark #USDemocracy
#ICE

[JustAnotherGen]

3. The other three

Weren't arrested, but they stayed until he was released.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. He's right

He did nothing wrong.

Folks - he's going to be our next Governor.

[Scrivener7]

4. This certainly won't hurt him. And good for him for being there.

[electric_blue68]

5. There I was (on reddit) having a nice Drumphf/Repug-Free late afternoon when...

footage of his arrest showed up.

Not done anything political yet there , not planning to, either (unless some internal linkin related to my Handmaid's Tale posts triggered it popping up. Only been a week since I joined). Not sure I looked at any news before today. I'm strictly there for fun, interesting nonpolitical stuff. Well, except THT allegory.

So i had to come over to see anything here. ICE bullies! 🤬

Back to fun.

[AntiFascist]

6. Well-regulated, state militia need to be present to help prevent this from happening...

it would be perfectly legal under the 2nd Amendment, which is "necessary to the security of a free State," when the Federal government attempts to tread on the guaranteed freedoms of a State's residents.

[Marcuse]

7. The history of Woke doesn't repeat, but it rhymes.

[JCMach1]

8. Mayor should close all roads leading to the facility

Time to play hardball