#Breaking Ras Baraka, Mayor of Newark NJ and Democrat candidate for NJ Governor has been arrested for attempting to inspect an ICE facility along with three Congress people.
Developing story.
Imo this country would be a lot safer if this were a typical Dem reaction to the rise of Trump's Gestapo style kidnappings.
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Footage from Mayor Baraka's arrest earlier today.
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Mayor Ras Baraka's supporters followed the cops and staged a protest at the DHS building he was dragged off to.
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An hour ago Ras Baraka addressed the crowd after his release from ICE custody after demanding a tour of an immigration facility where his city's immigrants have been kidnapped to,
A core part of why Ras Baraka was at the ICE facility is that he claims the city of Newark was never contacted for fire inspections and operating licenses necessary for the detention center to be allowed to operate in the city.
According to Ras Baraka the entire ICE operation taking place in his town is illegal and should cease operating until they can follow the law.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/05/ice-facility-new-jersey-00326395
Mayor Ras Baraka gave an extended interview this morning which sets the record straight about the sequence of events on Friday and why Mayor Baraka was at the ICE facility.
DHS officials are claiming that the Congress people Baraka was with assaulted federal agents, which is plainly a lie. None the less DHS claims they will press charges on the representatives who were given a tour.
Sounds like no, says he's concerned about the costs for working class people who are forced to car commute. Says they should fund the MTA in other ways.
Some great question & answer on the breakfast club
https://www.tiktok.com/@breakfastclubam/video/7463191508657753375
Oh yea he's definitely a fairly average neo-liberal on most other issues. I think immigration is the primary issue he's focusing on being progressive about.
Also, the podcast, audience & voter base he was speaking to is extremely pro car so even if he was for the congestion pricing I'd expect him to pander and mirror the pro car sentiment of the audience he was speaking to.
Jene die gestern Trump wählten und sich heute beklagen , sind auch jene die bloß keine Frau im Amt haben wollten. Die USA sollten sich endlich von ihren Religionen verabschieden, welche Frauen nur als Subjekt im Schatten eines Mannes dulden und stattdessen lieber Faschisten vergöttern!
And I got a fundraising text from him/his campaign about the same time, sigh...
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