I’m from EU and really don’t understand what’s going on in US between federal and local government.
Why ICE officers arrested the mayor of Newark?
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I’m from EU and really don’t understand what’s going on in US between federal and local government.
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They released him as far as I know but bottom line is we
Americans are in a Frog boiling in the pot situation towards facism. They’re testing the waters to see how far they can get.
He called out Trump’s stormtroopers.
American brownshirts
Most European countries are “unitary states”. They have one central govternment, then there are provences that answer to the Captiol, and towns that answer to the provinical govenor.
The US was designed to be a Federation of independent states joining together. In the past the rule was that unless the Constitution SPECIFICALLY said that the Federal Govt. had a particular power, then that power was retained by the States. This has been on the decline since the SUpreme Court Case of Wickard V Filburn back in the 40s, and the Civil Rights laws took even more power from the States, but States still have a good amount of independence. Almost all legal cases in the US take place in State, not Federal court and they apply State, not Federal law.
The Feds have limited authority over the States, and the States can sometimes overrule the Feds… but in reality the almost never do. For example it used to be that States had the authority to set their own drinking age. You’d get one state where you could drink at 21 and aonther where you could drink at 18. This lead to a large number of bars being buit right across a State Line so that 18 and 19 year olds could go drink in the next door state. The Feds wanted to have a uniform drinking age of 21. WEll legally they don’t have the power to set a national drinking age, and they can’t order the States to all have a 21 year old drinking age. What they COULD do was say “if you don’t raise your drinking age to 21, we will stop giving you Federal Highway funds and you’ll have to pay for all your highway maintanance and repair and such yourselves. ” Sure enough, all the states raised their drinking age.
So what happened here was a local Mayor tried to storm a Federal ICE facility. This is a titanically stupid move on many levels. For one thing, he has absolutely ZERO authority on Federal Land. For another he got arrested tresspassing on FEDERAL land, which means he commited a FEDERAL not State crime, because he broke a FEDERAL not a State law. He was arrested by the feds, and is being held by the Feds, and he’s going face trial in a FEDERAL court… and if convicted go to a FEDERAL not a State prison. The Feds don’t give a rats arse about how much pull he has in the NEw Jersey Democratic Party, or that some State politiians are demanding his release.
Intimidation. Ice is the new SA.
The mayor has been trying to investigate a private prison in his jurisdiction that has been accused of human rights and safety violations. The owners of the prison have not allowed him in to complete his obligation to ensure the safety and wellfare of individuals in his city.
He was again trying to inspect the facility when ICE agents detained and arrested him.
Several members of congress, including the Mayor of Newark, went to the newly established Delaney Hall ICE detention center as a form of protest. They went inside the facility to ask for a tour, believing operation of the center would violate multiple building codes. Request denied and warned of arrest, the representatives moved to a a public side of the facility where they were then arrested on grounds of trespassing.
ICE claims the mayor refused to leave private property and was arrested amidst refusal to do so, while the members of congress claim they left as advised and were arrested while outside the gates, on public grounds.
short answer: it’s a coup/ hostile take-over.
ICE is what the SS was in the 1930s: the leader’s own death squad in the making.
Surely you know some European history from the 1930s and 1940s?
He broke into a federal prison.
he would not leave a federal prison when asked by DHS, is what I read.
FAFO
He went to a protest and didn’t behave himself
He entered into a federal holding facility when they opened a gate to let a bus in. He and others were stopped at a second gate. Gates are opened and closed in an order to always have a locked gate between prisoners and freedom. As soon as he and others breached the first gate, they committed a crime. You go try it at your local jail. When they opened the sallyport, walk inside. See what happens.
He violated the law and refused to comply with instruction. Simple.
He was trespassing and apparently got handsy with a federal agent. No one is above the law
He’s a black Democrat, and Republicans are nearing the end of a 50-year slow roll towards Minority Rule. It’s about normalizing these optics.
Trespassing on federal property
For the record, he was arrested by HSI, who absolutely have the power to make this type of arrest.
Why did ICE officers arrest the mayor of Newark?
He was asked to leave several times. He would not comply and it was said that he put the jailers in danger. So they arrested him for trespasding.
“The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon,”
It was a publicity stunt arranged by the mayor.
He was trying to force his way into a federal facility. Local mayor doesn’t have authority over ice.
It’s a PR stunt
Cause he deserved it.
Lots of :new: :account:
It’s because he violated their right. Idc what anyone here says. You can’t just barge into a facility. You have to have a warrant if you want to investigate or PC. It does not matter your political status. He violated a law and committed criminal trespass.
How are you gonna down vote the truth? People complain about truth not being public but when it’s spoken out groups try to hide it because they don’t agree. That’s life and politics, all voices are to be heard and disagreed or agreed with. But people have the right to speak/type
This is the road this country is on
Fascism.
Because he commited trespass on federal property after being told to leave. It was a PR stunt.
I sit here in Florida and think the same. We are so fucked. Buy guns.
ICE = Gestapo
Because he broke into a detention facility 🤷♂️
To intimidate other mayors in allowing Trump’s gestapo to attack the people of their cities
The regime is starting to crack down on anyone it seems as an “enemy”, which includes any and all Americans who dare to say or think anything against “The Party’s” policies.
From a political standpoint, Ras Baraka is currently running for the governor of NJ. He and his team thought that a photo op inside an ICE Detention facility(that he was not allowed to be in) would be good PR. Instead he got arrested(by Homeland Security Investigations(HSI), not by Immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE)) for trespassing, which is arguably better PR than a photo op.
From a legal standpoint, he was treated just as any other person would have been treated if they had tagged along with a group of congressmen on their tour of a federal prison(or any other federal building that is closed to the public).
Nobody is above the law.
Because the Nazis are trying to normalize such behavior. A little bit at a time.
Trespassing onto a secure federal facility. Inspections must be arranged in advance. You can’t just bum rush law enforcement to inspect a jail whenever you want! The Mayor should have known better.
Cause they’re the gestapo.
I am terrified at the very concept of a private prison.
How’s that even legal? I mean, wtf!?
Basically, dump is jealous that Obama and Clinton deported or returned the most immigrants; so he needs to make it personal and public to cover up the fact he’s not deporting more.
in effect, anyone that gets in the way of the one-upmanship gets arrested.
Gonna get worse before it gets worse.
Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested outside the Delaney Hall Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center after being charged with trespassing and allegedly ignoring multiple warnings from federal agents. He was there with U.S. Representatives Bonnie Watson Coleman, LaMonica McIver, and Robert Menendez Jr., all of whom were allowed entry.
TL;DR – political stunt. He’s a gubernatorial candidate and this gave him a platform.
He was trespassing on private property, arrested for that, then released
He was on a private business property.
He refused to leave when LE told him to.
He is being charged with Trespassing. Doj asserts that he (and others) were trying to break into the private prison, and would not leave when asked my management, or later by LE, multiple times.
I cannot find the charging documents, so I don’t know which statute they’re charging him under.
He committed a crime.
The mayor and others refused to leave the premeditated and then physically attacked the officers. There are plenty of videos uploaded of the attack.
He trespassed. A city official doesn’t have the ability to go uninvited on Federal property.
Federal property are enclaves, just like private property.
Just because a person is a mayor, it doesn’t mean they have the right to walk into federal property within the city.
It’s just like how a governor can’t just stroll into a us military base within their state
What it comes down to is that it was simply performative political moves to keep their side riled up. Don’t fall for politicians Kabuki theater
To curry favor with the President
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