rasbaraka

WTAF?????

#Newark Mayor #RasBaraka #arrested for alleged trespass at #NewJersey #ICE detention facility

Mayor #Baraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing inside a US #Immigration & Customs Enforcement #detention center in his city.

"He has been taken into custody," #AlinaHabba, a fmr defense attorney for #Trump.

Baraka is a #Democrat running for #governor of #NJ.

At least 3 US #House #Democrats from NJ were also at the detention center.

#law #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/09/newark-mayor-arrested-baraka-ice.html

Judge blasts #Trump admin’s embarrassing retraction of charges’

The #DOJ charged #Newark #Mayor #RasBaraka w/ trespassing during a visit to an #ICE facility in the city, but days later has now dropped the case.

A magistrate judge upbraided federal prosecutors Wed as he granted their request to dismiss trespassing charges against Mayor Baraka, calling the govt’s abrupt about-face “a worrisome misstep” in a case that has stoked a political firestorm.

#law #immigration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/21/mciver-baraka-newark-ice-court-charges/