How it unfolded: The arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at the controversial Delaney Hall New Jersey ICE site
Editor’s note – Photojournalist Andres Kudacki was outside the gates of the Delaney Hall ICE detention center and the ICE office in Newark on Friday, May 9, for more than seven hours documenting the events that unfolded. That morning, The Jersey Vindicator had been invited to attend a press conference by U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman’s office. The press conference was slated to take place after she and other members of Congress conducted an oversight tour of the facility. Following is the timeline of what happened that afternoon and evening, in photos.
1:42 p.m.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka shakes hands with supporters outside the main gate of the Delaney Hall ICE facility. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
U.S Reps. LaMonica McIver, Rob Menendez, and Bonnie Watson Coleman are already inside the facility in Newark waiting to take an oversight tour. They arrived around 1 p.m. and are waiting in a holding room for more than an hour.
1:46 p.m.
Protestors opposing ICE shout slogans in front of Delaney Hall, outside of the gates. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
1:49 p.m.
A protester leads a chant in front of the ICE facility in Newark, outside the gates. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
1:50 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka stands outside the gate to the ICE facility, waiting for members of Congress who are inside the facility. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
1:50 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka is outside the gate of the ICE facility, talking to a guard through the gate on Friday, May 9, in Newark. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
1:50 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka and his three bodyguards are allowed through the gate and permitted entry to the ICE facility grounds. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
1:51 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka and his three bodyguards stand just inside the gate on the ICE facility grounds and wait. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
1:55 p.m.
Guards inside the ICE facility. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
1:56 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka continues to wait on the ICE facility grounds, just inside the gate, in Newark. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
1:59 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka with his security guards as he waits on the ICE facility grounds near the gate.Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
2 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka stands with his security guard inside the ICE facility grounds as protestors shout slogans outside, on the other side of the gate. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
2:02 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka stands with his security guards as he waits near the gate on the ICE facility grounds. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
2:14 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka stands with his security guard on the ICE facility grounds as protestors shout slogans outside, on the other side of the gate. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
2:33 p.m.
Homeland Security Investigations officers approach Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on the ICE facility grounds. Photos: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator..
2:33 p.m.
Agents reach Mayor Ras Baraka just inside the main entrance to the ICE facility where he has been waiting and ask him to leave the grounds, or face arrest. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
2:36-2:38 p.m.
The members of Congress learn that the mayor has arrived, so they come out to meet him and speak with him. The mayor has already been allowed inside the gate to speak with some of the guards.
U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman guides Mayor Ras Baraka off the ICE facility grounds. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
2:39 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka voluntarily leaves the ICE facility grounds, walking out of the gate on Friday with his bodyguards. Photos: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
2:39 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka stands outside the facility gate and talks through the gate to Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, who is inside the facility gate on the ICE facility grounds. The members of Congress then go back into the holding room. Photos: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
The members of Congress then notice ICE agents huddling and talking on the phone, so they come back out of the holding room again to see what’s going on. They then walk to the fence and Menendez talks to the mayor.
2:44 p.m.
About 20 Homeland Security agents descend on Mayor Ras Baraka, even though he is outside the ICE facility gates, on the public side of the gates, and left voluntarily minutes earlier. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
2:44 p.m.
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver talks to Homeland Security agents as they approach Mayor Ras Baraka to arrest him. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
2:44 p.m.
U.S Reps. LaMonica McIver, Rob Menendez, and Bonnie Watson Coleman surround Mayor Ras Baraka to protect him as Homeland Security agents come to arrest him outside the ICE facility in Newark on Friday. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
2:44 p.m.
Video – A scuffle occurs. Members of Congress are shoved. U.S Rep. LaMonica McIver yells “Get your hands off of me” after an agent grabs her shoulders.
Photos – Homeland Security agents handcuff Mayor Ras Baraka and drag him back inside the gates of the ICE facility in Newark on Friday. Photos: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
2:44 p.m.
U.S. Reps. LaMonica McIver and Rob Menendez react to Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest. Photos: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
2:46 p.m.
Agents take Mayor Ras Baraka away in handcuffs. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
The members of Congress go back into the facility and are given a tour after Baraka’s arrest.
3:06-3:07 p.m.
Homeland Security guards at the entrance of the ICE facility as vehicles come out during Mayor Ras Baraka’s transfer out of the facility on Friday in Newark. Baraka is taken to the 620 Frelinghuysen ICE office Photos: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
3:48 p.m.
U.S. Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez leave the ICE facility in Newark on Friday. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
3:48-3:49 p.m.
Rep. LaMonica McIver, Rep. Rob Menendez, and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman hold a press conference outside the ICE facility on Friday. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
3:58 p.m.
U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman leaves the ICE Facility and demands Ras Baraka’s release on Friday. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
3:59 p.m.
Rep. LaMonica McIver leaves the ICE facility and calls for Ras Baraka’s release on Friday. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
4:26 p.m.
Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez arrive to demand Ras Baraka’s release at the 620 Frelinghuysen ICE office. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
4:34 p.m.
ICE agents at the facility where Ras Baraka is arrested. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
4:58 p.m.
People watch as ICE agents guard the facility where Ras Baraka was arrested. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
6:43 p.m.
People gather outside the facility where Ras Baraka is being held on Friday evening. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
6:56 p.m.
New York City mayoral candidate Brad Lander speaks in support of Ras Baraka on Friday in Newark. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
7:05-7:10 p.m.
Ras Baraka’s mom stands outside the facility where her son is being detained. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
7:27 p.m.
Zohran Mamdani speaks in support of Mayor Ras Baraka outside the ICE office on Friday, May 9, in Newark. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
7:52 p.m.
Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman and Rob Menendez react as Mayor Ras Baraka is being released on Friday. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
7:52 p.m.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is released on Friday. Photos: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
7:54 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka speaks to the crowd after his release Friday. Photos: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
7:57 p.m.
Ras Baraka’s mom walks over to see her son on Friday after his release. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
7:57 pm
7:57 pm. Mayor Ras Baraka gets into a car briefly Friday night, then gets out to address the crowd. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
7:58 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka salutes the crowd on Friday after his release. Photos Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
7:59 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka walks after his release Friday. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
8:01-8:04 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka walks among his supporters after his release Friday. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
8:05 p.m.
Mayor Ras Baraka talks to the press after being released on Friday night in Newark. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
8:06 p.m.
Protesters express their support for Mayor Ras Barak after his release Friday. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
8:15 p.m.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka leaves, flanked by media and supporters, after being released on Friday night. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
