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Hindustan Times
14 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
What happened at Washington Square Park in NYC? False shooting reports spark panic
Jun 30, 2025 06:14 AM IST Chaos erupted at Washington Square Park during a pride afterparty after people heard what sounded like gunshots ring out. People began to panic, but no shots were confirmed. Revelers fill the Washington Square Park after the NYC Pride March on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)(AP) An X account shared a video of panicked partygoers trying to flee the scene. 'Washington Square Park — Partygoers ran in fear after what sounded like gunshots rang out. Chaos broke out fast. No shots confirmed, but the panic was real,' the post is captioned. Meanwhile, NYPD News shared an update on X, writing, 'The NYPD is on scene at Washington Square Park. An individual deployed bear deterrent. This individual is in custody. We ask the public to remain calm.'
Boston Globe
17-06-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
A video of the arrest, captured by an AP reporter, shows an agent telling Lander, 'You're obstructing.' Lander outside court on Tuesday. Olga Fedorova/Associated Press Lander replies, as he's being handcuffed, 'I'm not obstructing, I'm standing right here in the hallway.' 'You don't have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens asking for a judicial warrant,' Lander said as he was led away down a hallway and into an elevator. Advertisement One of the officers who led Lander away wore a tactical vest labeled 'federal agent.' Others were in plainclothes, with surgical masks over their faces. The episode occurred as federal immigration officials are conducting large-scale arrests outside immigration courtrooms across the country. Emailed inquiries to the FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were not immediately returned. Lander is a candidate in the city's Democratic mayoral primary. Early voting in the contest is underway. Lander was handcuffed and led away. Olga Fedorova/Associated Press
Boston Globe
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
4 detainees have escaped from an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, DHS says
Advertisement DHS identified the four escapees as two Colombian men who were arrested on burglary and other counts and two Hondurans, Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes and Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez, who were arrested on aggravated assault and other charges. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Newark's mayor cited reports of a possible uprising and escape after disorder broke out at the facility Thursday night and protesters outside the center locked arms and pushed against barricades as vehicles passed through gates. Much is still unclear about what unfolded there. GEO Group, the company that owns and operates the facility for the federal government, said in a statement that there's 'no widespread unrest' at the facility. Immigration and Customs Enforcement opened a 1,000-bed facility there this year under a 15-year, $1 billion contract as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. Advertisement Protesters attempted to block a vehicle from leaving the Delaney Hall Detention Facility on Thursday. Olga Fedorova/Associated Press Protest at the detention center Photos and video from outside the facility Thursday showed protesters pushing against the gates amid word that detainees inside were upset about delayed meals. Amy Torres, executive director of New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, said some officers pepper sprayed, tackled and dragged protesters away from the facility. She said some protesters had minor injuries, but no one was hit by the vehicles. Mustafa Cetin, an attorney for a client who's been detained in Delaney Hall for about two weeks, told The Associated Press that things turned violent late Thursday afternoon after detainees' meals arrived hours late. 'Apparently the guards lost control of them,' Cetin said. 'And they started to, you know, create a disturbance. They came back up to the third floor, where my client is. Basically, they blocked off cameras, security cameras, and some of them made their way into a housing unit with a very thin, shallow wall, and they knocked it out.' Kim said he had heard about problems related to food and an odor in the water. Kim also said it seems as if there will be 'major movements' of detainees out of the facility over the next 24 hours. He said he was seeking 'full confirmation' about that. Immigration enforcement agents guarded Delaney Hall Detention Facility during protests over federal immigration enforcement raids. Olga Fedorova/Associated Press A message seeking comment was left with the Homeland Security Department, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Attorneys with clients inside Delaney Hall have had calls canceled and weren't able to get inside the facility Friday, according to Araceti Argueta, a spokesperson for the American Friends Service Committee, a nonprofit that represents immigrants. Reports of inmates not getting enough food Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat who's been critical of Trump's immigration crackdown, early Friday called for an end to this 'chaos and not allow this operation to continue unchecked.' Advertisement 'We are concerned about reports of what has transpired at Delaney Hall this evening, ranging from withholding food and poor treatment, to uprising and escaped detainees,' he said. In a phone interview Friday, Baraka pointed to the city's lawsuit against GEO Group and said it didn't have the proper city permits to operate. The company has said it had proper certification from the city from an earlier contract. 'It's one chaotic moment after the next,' Baraka said. In a statement Friday, American Friends Service Committee said people inside the facility reported getting small portions of food, with breakfast at 6 a.m., dinner at 10 p.m. and no lunch. In a statement on Friday, GEO Group said it was dedicated to 'providing high-quality services to those in our care.' Miguel Orea, program manager for First Friends of New Jersey and New York, a non-governmental organization that provides assistance to detained immigrants, was at Delaney Hall on Friday and saw families trying to visit detainees being turned away. 'Delaney Hall is in a strict lockdown,' Orea said. 'They've suspended all visitation until at least next week.' Protesters gathered outside Delaney Hall. Photos and video from Thursday showed protesters pushing against the gates amid word that detainees inside were upset about delayed meals. Olga Fedorova/Associated Press He said that families who have been in contact with detainees told him that the cafeteria is being used to hold people who will be transferred elsewhere, affecting the meal service. Orea said the complaints began after the facility was opened in May. 'The families have told us that the conditions were extremely poor, that the food service was poor,' Orea said. He noted that in some cases detainees would receive breakfast at 8 a.m. and dinner not until 10 p.m., with no other meal in between. In some cases, he said, they received only two slices of bread. Advertisement Newark was one of four New Jersey cities sued by the Trump administration this year over so-called sanctuary policies. There is no official definition for sanctuary policies or sanctuary cities. The terms generally describe limited local cooperation with ICE, which enforces U.S. immigration laws nationwide but sometimes seeks state and local help. The policies are aimed at prohibiting cooperation on civil enforcement matters, not at blocking cooperation on criminal matters. They specifically carve out exceptions for when ICE supplies police with a judicial criminal warrant. Asked whether Newark was helping with the four escapees, Baraka said Friday it was a federal investigation. A nationwide crackdown ICE housed more than 53,000 people nationwide at the end of May, its latest public figures, which is well above its budgeted capacity of about 41,000 and approaching all-time highs. Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff and chief architect of Trump's immigration policies, said late last month that ICE should make at least 3,000 arrests a day. That would mark a dramatic increase from Jan. 20 to May 19, when the agency made an average of 656 arrests a day. Delaney Hall has been the site of clashes this year between Democratic officials who say the facility needs more oversight and the administration and those who run the facility. Baraka was Advertisement Associated Press writers Gisela Salomon and Hallie Golden contributed to this report.
