New Jersey State Police clashed with violent protesters at Delaney Hall late Friday as officers cleared the area and escorted Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees out of the detention center.
The development came after Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) ordered state police to establish a peaceful “protest zone” outside the Newark facility, which has been plagued by anti-ICE protests for the past week.
In an update on the situation, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport stressed that most protesters complied with state police’s request to let vehicles carrying federal officials pass through the crowd. However, there were a select few people who did not obey.
“A limited number did not comply with repeated requests to clear a safe passage for the vehicles and took dangerous actions, including deploying fireworks and throwing gas canisters at law enforcement, that put everyone in harm’s way,” Davenport said. “To ensure the safety of everyone involved, including the
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