Newark mayor says prosecutors tried to ‘humilate’ him by forcing redo of fingerprints and mugshot

Democrat Ras Baraka appeared in federal court for trespassing charge after arrest at Ice detention center

Ras Baraka, the Democratic mayor of Newark, said federal prosecutors were seeking to humiliate and degrade" him by making him give fingerprints and have a mugshot taken for a second time on Thursday.

The move came after a court appearance on a trespassing charge stemming from his arrest at an immigration detention center where he was protesting with several members of Congress.