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Wicked Blue

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16. The ICE agents were reportedly VIOLENT during the arrest

Reply to Ilsa (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2025, 07:15 PM

May 9

From NJ.com:

"After a struggle, ICE agents physically dragged Baraka through the gate and placed him in handcuffs before leading him toward the entrance to a building at the facility."

https://www.nj.com/essex/2025/05/ice-officers-arrest-newark-mayor-outside-immigrant-detention-center.html

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The Newark NJ mayor was arrested on the PUBLIC [View all] Ilsa May 9 OP

I wish we could dox ICE agents. nt Ilsa May 9 #1

Are they Ice hannah May 9 #3

THIS !!! So now anyone dressed like them can go and say they're ICE and kidnap people uponit7771 May 9 #23

Whatever happened to badge nos., name strips, rank patches? Seinan Sensei May 9 #25

Or are bdamomma May 9 #28

Same same Codifer May 9 #29

In due time JustAnotherGen May 9 #9

That's why they wear masks. TomSlick May 9 #14

They can't afford to be identified. dchill May 9 #17

Maybe it's time for the state and local police to get involved. nt Gore1FL May 9 #2

I don't disagree but local LEOs confronting federal LEOs would be fraught. TomSlick May 9 #15

I'd say we're already on the other side of fraught. dchill May 9 #19

"making them identify themselves." Right!!! uponit7771 May 9 #26

I met him two weekends ago NJCher May 9 #4

I was so impressed with him at our convention JustAnotherGen May 9 #37

That's great to hear! nt Ilsa May 10 #48

The mayor should shut down everything connected to the facility: power, water, sewage, city roads, block it all off. sop May 9 #5

The Council and Planning/Zoning Board JustAnotherGen May 9 #42

I've been wondering why the city hasn't cut services to the facility already Arazi May 10 #51

What kind of charges could be brought against him? i was a cathar... May 9 #6

They are LYING JustAnotherGen May 9 #8

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Welcome to DU orangecrush May 9 #12

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This message was self-deleted by its author NJCher May 9 #45

He was across the street. Lordy, there's video. Scrivener7 May 10 #46

He didn't storm the facility. They opened the gate to Ilsa May 10 #49

They don't know what they've done. JustAnotherGen May 9 #7

They should be careful in NJ who they unlawfully arrest. Jit423 May 9 #18

Oh yes we are JustAnotherGen May 9 #36

Multiple people from my neighborhood, about an hour away, were making plans to Scrivener7 May 10 #47

I agree JustAnotherGen May 10 #53

Can you even believe we're having these conversations? Scrivener7 May 10 #54

Yes - hear me out JustAnotherGen May 10 #55

"The mayor is being held at the facility"? orangecrush May 9 #10

Menendez? You mean Andy Kim? nt SouthBayDem May 9 #11

Robert Menendez Jr JustAnotherGen May 9 #38

No, the mayor. nt Ilsa May 10 #50

"How is this acceptable?" red dog 1 May 9 #13

They look more like Rambos than real police officers LiberalArkie May 9 #21

. littlemissmartypants May 9 #24

The ICE agents were reportedly VIOLENT during the arrest Wicked Blue May 9 #16

The Trump administration is trying it best to rip NJ a new one. Air Ports, this. I imagine because Christy would not LiberalArkie May 9 #20

Christie is old news JustAnotherGen May 9 #39

We are not holding Maga supporters accountable oldmanlynn May 9 #22

Thinking of going to Newark to protest tomorrow if they don't release him. Scrivener7 May 9 #27

It appears they have and I am still in. Prairie_Seagull May 10 #52

They're holding him at the ICE facility?! LauraInLA May 9 #30

They were but they just released him. The whole incident is horrifying. Scrivener7 May 9 #33

Probably water boarding him by now. orangecrush May 9 #44

If the media wasn't talking about this tonight they would be talking about GoodRaisin May 9 #31

They just released him. This is off the chain. Scrivener7 May 9 #32

It was a pushing match, a scrum Red Mountain May 9 #34

What bastards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bdamomma May 9 #35

Straight up NAZI shit. B.See May 9 #40

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