Mayor of Newark Ras Baraka released after arrest at Ice jail protest
by Richard Luscombe and Marina Dunbar from US news | The Guardian on (#6X65G)
Mayor's wife accuses government of targeting her husband as video shows him being placed in handcuffs by officials
The mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, was arrested for alleged trespass at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention center in New Jersey on Friday and released after several hours.
Baraka was released shortly after 8pm and, after stepping out of an SUV with flashing emergency lights, told waiting supporters: The reality is this: I didn't do anything wrong."
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