Newark Mayor Appeases Anti-ICE Rioters By 'Scaling Back' Police At Delaney Hall
Well that did not last long.
After working with the Department of Homeland Security to shut down violent protests at Delaney Hall, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka announced on Thursday his city’s police department will be drawing down their presence at the holding facility.
“It is not the responsibility of the Newark Police Division to secure a private facility. We made clear to the GEO Group, who has its own private security firm, that securing their facility is their responsibility, not the City’s,” Baraka explained. “Our intention was never to protect Delaney Hall or HSI but to bring calm.”
Newark police will still be in the area, but mainly focusing on traffic management, not crowd control. Baraka cited the lack of violent clashes the past few days as another justification for the drawdown.
Baraka’s statement comes after he lifted the curfew he put in place for only one night. Dozens of arrests were made after a small crowd refused to the leave after the curfew’s start time. Newark police and New Jersey State Police were heavily criticized by leftists for their tactics in arresting curfew violators. Open border advocates have also gone after Governor New Jersey Mikie Sherrill (D) for “cooperating” with DHS on crowd control.
Not only was the curfew lifted, but protesters were able to go past the checkpoints established to prevent crowds from being in front of Delaney Hall. Not even journalists were allowed past the checkpoints when they were still in place.
This retreat from the city, which is what this is, will only embolden protesters and rioters…