Essex County Delaney Hall protesters arrested as riot police storm streets. Chaos continues as curfew begins. [View all]

Social media posts showed police increasingly surrounding protesters and the media at about 10 p.m. and officers running aggressively into the protest zone. Members of the media reported being run out of the area.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s X account retweeted a post at 10:15 p.m. that bragged about surrounding the protesters — a tactic called kettling.

At 11:30 p.m., state Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued a statement thanking police for “de-escalating” the situation.

Davenport wrote she was grateful for the peaceful protesters who complied with the curfew. People gathered in the protest zone were warned, in English and Spanish, to leave and many did.

“But a group of individuals who had come to the protest with armed with helmets, shields, or gas masks deliberately refused to comply with repeated orders to leave the area and were arrested, and I am grateful for law enforcement for de-escalating the situation,” Davenport said.

https://www.nj.com/essex/2026/06/delaney-hall-protesters-arrested-as-riot-police-storm-streets-chaos-continues-as-curfew-begins.html

Ok, you kettled them so they couldn't leave, and then arrested them for not leaving.

WTAF?

Why are the State Police assisting a concentration camp under a Democratic governor and state AG?




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