Posted on 05/31/2026 5:02:24 AM PDT by Red Badger
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who earlier embraced protesters outside a federal immigration detention center in Newark, acknowledged early Sunday that some had engaged in “dangerous actions” against local police as escalating violence forced the city’s mayor to impose an emergency curfew.
Protesters grew increasingly aggressive Saturday night as they threw projectiles, grabbed security barriers and set fires outside ICE’s Delaney Hall facility. Mayor Ros J. Baraka admitted some were arrested in possession of weapons, necessitating the curfew.
The escalating violence created an embarrassment for Democrats like Sherrill who had embraced the protests just 24 hours earlier and asked ICE to stand down and let New Jersey police handle the crowds only to see her own officers assaulted and fires set on the streets.
Shortly after midnight Sunday, Sherrill put out a statement acknowledging the severity of the violence and saying it had “put peaceful protesters and law enforcement in danger.” She blamed agitators outside New Jersey for the escalation.
“I do not know why these individuals attacked or what they wanted to accomplish, but I refuse to let these dangerous actions detract from New Jersey’s dedication to ensuring public safety, keeping people safe from ICE, and that the people detained inside Delaney Hall are treated with dignity,” the governor added.
Baraka issued a curfew covering a half-mile radius around the ICE facility in his city, outlawing civilians in the area from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice.
“Multiple individuals have already been arrested and found in possession of weapons, underscoring the seriousness of the threat,” he said.
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Pardon me, officer.
May I suggest using flamethrowers?
These are not protests. These people are engaging in war. It appears nothing is going to be done about it.
Obviously, the curfew is the fault of ICE, and that will be the excuse given.
Outside agitators like her. She’s a disgusting pig.
She doesn’t want to lose the international flights at Newark.
EC
I watched someone’s live streaming of the events of last night.
One woman appeared to be the ‘leader’ of the agitators, speaking to the camera man thru a gas mask, so it was difficult to understand her.
She bragged and told him she had been a part of Antifa and BLM and Occupy Wall Street. Then she complained that these people in New Jersey were not inciting or agitating enough. It was her own people from outside NJ that were doing all the ‘work’.................
The democRATs are already fighting their civil war.
How about NO PUBLICITY? Take the professionals with cameras away....no picture on TV - too bad! Round them all up and their pictures can be taken at the local police station. Too many to transport? Make them walk!
“Head ‘em up. Move ‘em out.”
Just throw a bar of soap at them….
In case she hasnt noticed none of her protesting has changed anything😂
Arrest these “insurgents”. Place them in isolation for a couple years without trial.
Precedent has been set by the LIB/DIMs in how they treated the January 6th Patriots.
I disagree. Alligator Alcatraz in Florida being shut down. I believe ICE actions greatly reduced in MN, CA, OR and WA. ICE and DHS people reassigned. Fed Gov caved in too much, but optics for midterms are critical.
Baraka?
If I wanted to demoralize the good guys, including ICE, the NJ Police, and us, normals watching, I would do the same.
So this is looking more and more like an op by the Admin to demoralize us and energize them.
Screwing with Feds outside a Fed facility is a no-brainer: Arrest everybody, clear the area, cordon, etc.
If a bunch of conservatives decided to do something like this it would become a nonevent in about 60 minutes. FedGov seems to be doing an op; the purposes to me are not clear at all.
PS Girl Governors: GG are a cancer on America. Impeach them all. Repeal the 19th Amendment. People need to flush their brains about what is going on.
Probably nerf gun weapons as these defenders of freedumb are mostly peaceful.
I think thats what the media wants folks to believe…. Aliens are being sent home or running home in record numbers. ICE has realized things work better without publicizing its activities.
Well paid Antifa Nazis fighting Trump.
Arrest them all and fly them to Gitmo. And leave the gate open so they can walk into Cuba any time they want to leave. They can zoom their lawyers on cheap burner cell phones provided by the money that used to be spent on USAID.
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