DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MayorBaraka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MayorBaraka</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewarkNJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewarkNJ</span></a>, arrested at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DetentionCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DetentionCenter</span></a> he has been <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesting</span></a></p><p> By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and CLAUDIA LAUER <br>Updated 7:00 PM EDT, May 9, 2025</p><p>"Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week, a federal prosecutor said.</p><p>"Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said on the social platform X that Baraka committed trespass and ignored warnings from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomelandSecurity</span></a> personnel to leave <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DelaneyHall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DelaneyHall</span></a>, a detention facility run by private prison operator <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeoGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeoGroup</span></a>. </p><p>[...]</p><p>"Video shows the mayor standing on the public side of the gate</p><p>"In video of the altercation shared with The Associated Press, a federal official in a jacket with the logo of the Homeland Security Investigations can be heard telling Baraka he could not join a tour of the facility because 'you are not a congress member.'</p><p>"Baraka then left the secure area, rejoining protesters on the public side of the gate. Video showed him speaking through the gate to a man in a suit, who said: 'They’re talking about coming back to arrest you.'</p><p>" 'I’m not on their property. They can’t come out on the street and arrest me,' Baraka replied."</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protest-ice-newark-mayor-arrested-5a2b3fefd7da563c48d2f85831cf2194" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/immigration</span><span class="invisible">-protest-ice-newark-mayor-arrested-5a2b3fefd7da563c48d2f85831cf2194</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewJerseyResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewJerseyResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICESucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICESucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivatePrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrisons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePrison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IllegalDetention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IllegalDetention</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuthoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianRule</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a></p>