New Jersey Police Clamp Down On Anti-ICE Rioters — But Not Totally

NEWARK, N.J. — Saturday night saw another round of violence from anti-ICE rioters outside of Delaney Hall after the crowd tried to breach a set of temporary barricades. New Jersey State Police and Newark Police, who were not in riot gear, struggled to keep the bike rack barricades intact.

Interestingly, officers did not use pepper spray to make the rioters let go. Eventually, riot police responded from the other side of the road, but the crowd was able to successfully tear down the barricades, forcing the first set of officers to fall back.

What followed was a slow push from law enforcement to make the rioters go down the road away from the ICE facility. Police used tear gas and flash bangs, but the crowd tried their best to throw up barricades to halt the advance.

The advance by police continued until rioters set random items, such as traffic cones and pieces of wood, on fire in the middle of the street. The flame grew in size thanks to people pouring lighter fluid on it.

While state and local police were successful in stopping the rioting outside Delaney Hall, they made a critical mistake…