A New Jersey grand jury on Tuesday indicted Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey, charging her with assaulting a federal law enforcement officer during a clash last month between protesters and police outside of a Newark ICE detention center, interim New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced on X.
In May, Habba announced her office was charging McIver with two counts of “assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement,” after a clash between law enforcement, lawmakers and protesters who claimed conditions at the Delaney Hall detention center were unsafe and illegal.
On May 9, McIver and two other members of Congress went to Delaney Hall and attempted to conduct federal oversight of the 10,000 bed detention center. During their visit, protesters — including Newark Mayor Ras Baraka — scuffled with law enforcement, resulting in Baraka’s arrest for charges of misdemeanor trespassing. Charges against him have since been dropped.
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