{"id":74331,"date":"2026-06-02T10:57:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/newark-mayor-questions-state-police-tactics-at-delaney-hall-after-sherrills-order-calls-agency-a-sword\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:57:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:57:46","slug":"newark-mayor-questions-state-police-tactics-at-delaney-hall-after-sherrills-order-calls-agency-a-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/newark-mayor-questions-state-police-tactics-at-delaney-hall-after-sherrills-order-calls-agency-a-sword\/","title":{"rendered":"Newark mayor questions state police tactics at Delaney Hall after Sherrill’s order, calls agency ‘a sword’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said Tuesday that he disagreed with the tactics New Jersey<\/a> State Police used after they were ordered by Gov. Mikie Sherrill to secure the scene outside Delaney Hall, describing the agency as “a sword.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clashes erupted outside<\/a> outside the detention center in Newark on Friday after protesters defied an order from the State Police to relocate to a nearby “First Amendment zone.” The area has seen\u00a0frequent demonstrations\u00a0in recent days after illegal immigrant detainees penned an open letter alleging physical and psychological torture, claiming they were being denied medical care and adequate food. \u00a0<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Sherrill said the New Jersey State Police Public Safety Response team was sent to the area in a move “absolutely necessary to protect public safety, and avoid escalation from ICE.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I mean,\u00a0clearly\u00a0I agree that she was supposed to\u00a0take action, 100\u00a0percent.\u00a0She’s\u00a0the governor.\u00a0She’s\u00a0the leader of this state.\u00a0Our\u00a0agencies are going to follow her, her attorney general, her\u00a0staff.\u00a0We’re\u00a0going to defer to\u00a0her, because\u00a0she is the leader of this state. And she needed to make strong and aggressive decisions,” Baraka, a fellow Democrat, said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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“She\u00a0made a decision to involve the state police<\/a>, which is probably the tools that she has at her disposal.\u00a0So\u00a0I\u00a0don’t disagree\u00a0with any of that up to that point. What I disagree with is the tactics that were\u00a0employed\u00a0by the state police when\u00a0they got here,” he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Look, the state police\u00a0is\u00a0a sword.\u00a0If you’re going to use them, you have to expect people to get cut.\u00a0And those\u00a0are\u00a0the\u00a0thinking\u00a0that\u00a0has\u00a0to go into this.\u00a0And I just think that we,\u00a0going forward, have to have larger discussions about tactics on the ground<\/a>.\u00a0The local authorities, our public safety\u00a0director\u00a0has\u00a0to be involved in every decision going forward in our city.\u00a0Right?\u00a0The elected officials have to be involved, our health department,” Baraka also said. “And\u00a0to their credit, there\u00a0have been cross conversations with individuals, but not collective ones. And we finally had a collective conversation.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Baraka also mentioned Tuesday that the city of Newark has been in active litigation against GEO Group, the operators of Delaney Hall, for the past year. GEO Group has a national contract with ICE.<\/p>\n

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“And from the beginning, we have advocated for the immediate closure of this building, Delaney Hall, due to the\u00a0GEO\u00a0Group’s failure to comply with code ordinances, which we believe pose a serious health and safety risk,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The reports of detainees suffering miscarriages, receiving inadequate medical care, psychological abuse, is troubling, which forces us now to expand, and our business administrator will talk about that, our lawsuit against Delaney Hall, further than just code enforcement violations,” Baraka continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newark Business Administrator Eric Pennington said Tuesday that he sent an email to the GEO Group Monday night “indicating\u00a0that we want to get access” to Delaney Hall “to make sure that the health and safety of the individuals inside is\u00a0appropriate.”<\/p>\n

“We have not received a response yet but\u00a0we expect to\u00a0get that\u00a0today. If they don’t allow us in, we, along with partners who are out\u00a0here to protect the individuals inside, they will join our lawsuit … along with the state health department … to have this facility shut down until it can be inspected and ensured that it is safe for the individuals who are in there,” Pennington said. “So\u00a0we are\u00a0awaiting GEO\u00a0Group’s response now and we expect to go to\u00a0the court\u00a0within the next day or two, to continue the existing lawsuit.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

A DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital last week that all detainees are provided with three meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap and toiletries.<\/p>\n

“Illegal aliens also have access to phones to communicate with their family members and lawyers,\u00a0the\u00a0spokesperson said. “Certified dietitians evaluate meals. In fact, ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Louis Casiano, Preston Mizell, Alexandra Koch and Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said Tuesday that he disagreed with the tactics New Jersey State Police used after they were ordered by Gov. Mikie Sherrill to secure the scene outside Delaney Hall, describing the agency as “a sword.”\u00a0 Clashes erupted outside outside the detention center in Newark on Friday after protesters defied an order from … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}