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#newark

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‘A federal judge slammed the Department of Justice Wednesday for its “hasty arrest” of #Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, and agreed to dismiss the ridiculous trespassing charge against the Democratic mayor.

'U.S. Judge Andre Espionosa questioned why federal prosecutors would arrest Baraka only to retract the charges days later. (1/2)

Rachel Cohen is a lawyer, formerly a Skadden associate, but she left the firm when it bent knee to #Trump.

Here she gives step by step instructions how to file a grievance against #AlinaHabba for her unwarranted prosecution of #Newark #NewJersey Mayor Ras Baraka. (In the ongoing case of Rep. LaMonica Iver, you can't file a grievance yet.)

You don't have to be a NJ resident or party to the case, just a member of the public.

#protests #fascism #ICE

instagram.com/p/DJ-Eu-CPpAf/?i

InstagramWe the American People on Instagram: "🚨5 MINUTE ACTION: TELL BAR ASSOCIATIONS BASELESS POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS ARE UNETHICAL Did you know that members of the public can file grievances requesting state bar associations open investigations into unethical attorneys? The baseless political prosecutions of Mayor Ras Baraka and U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver have shaken the country. We see these actions for what they are— efforts to prevent oversight and persecute Trump’s political opponents through his Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in the face of authoritarianism, especially because our system is deliberately confusing to non-attorneys. That’s why we’ve created a pre-filled grievance form and instructions for how to file it requesting the New Jersey Bar Association investigate Habba. TAKE ACTION IN LESS THAN 5 MIN: bit.ly/njbarcomplaint We hope this gives you a tool in your toolkit not just today, but going forward, as political prosecutions increase: filing a grievance is always an option. NOTE: we have provided a form grievance that intentionally does not reference Rep. McIver’s case because the bar association only investigates after matters have CLOSED - we did not forget her and you should not update the narrative to include her! Also NOTE: this is not legal advice. If you’re taking action— thank you. Please also drop a comment and share this post to help ensure more people see it. Ty to @cohen.489 for making this action easy peasy. #PeoplesMovement #50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #NoKings #ImpeachTrump #RuleofLaw"60 likes, 6 comments - 50501movement on May 22, 2025: "🚨5 MINUTE ACTION: TELL BAR ASSOCIATIONS BASELESS POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS ARE UNETHICAL Did you know that members of the public can file grievances requesting state bar associations open investigations into unethical attorneys? The baseless political prosecutions of Mayor Ras Baraka and U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver have shaken the country. We see these actions for what they are— efforts to prevent oversight and persecute Trump’s political opponents through his Interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in the face of authoritarianism, especially because our system is deliberately confusing to non-attorneys. That’s why we’ve created a pre-filled grievance form and instructions for how to file it requesting the New Jersey Bar Association investigate Habba. TAKE ACTION IN LESS THAN 5 MIN: bit.ly/njbarcomplaint We hope this gives you a tool in your toolkit not just today, but going forward, as political prosecutions increase: filing a grievance is always an option. NOTE: we have provided a form grievance that intentionally does not reference Rep. McIver’s case because the bar association only investigates after matters have CLOSED - we did not forget her and you should not update the narrative to include her! Also NOTE: this is not legal advice. If you’re taking action— thank you. Please also drop a comment and share this post to help ensure more people see it. Ty to @cohen.489 for making this action easy peasy. #PeoplesMovement #50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne #NoKings #ImpeachTrump #RuleofLaw".
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“The apparent rush in this case, culminating today in the embarrassing retraction of charges, suggests a failure to adequately investigate. Your office must operate with a higher standard than that,”Espinosa said.

Interim #USattorney #AlinaHabba has offered no explanation for her decision to drop the misdemeanor trespassing charge her office filed against Mayor #RasBaraka following his controversial arrest this month outside #DelaneyHall #immigration detention facility in #Newark.

Judge blasts #Trump admin’s embarrassing retraction of charges’

The #DOJ charged #Newark #Mayor #RasBaraka w/ trespassing during a visit to an #ICE facility in the city, but days later has now dropped the case.

A magistrate judge upbraided federal prosecutors Wed as he granted their request to dismiss trespassing charges against Mayor Baraka, calling the govt’s abrupt about-face “a worrisome misstep” in a case that has stoked a political firestorm.

#law #immigration
washingtonpost.com/national-se

The Washington Post · Judge blasts ‘embarrassing retraction of charges’ in Newark mayor’s caseBy Shayna Jacobs

Yay it seems the FAA is starting to take #EWR and #Newark remediation seriously.

  • Flights per hour reduced again
  • Fiber being implemented to replace some the copper and should be live end of May
  • Verizon is being worked with to add more connections between PHL-NYC for redundancy
  • Special team created to work on the issue
  • Duffy will ask Congress for more resources

FAA to cut Newark flights to reduce congestion

ground.news/article/chaos-at-n

Ground NewsFAA to cut Newark flights to reduce congestionThe interim rule will cap the number of arrivals and departures at Newark Liberty International Airport at 28 apiece per hour.
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In a story that as far as I can tell represents a petulant fascist temper tantrum as a result of fallout over the clown-show authoritarian arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, noted sycophant Trump minion Alina Habba has announced criminal charges against US Congresswoman (D-NJ) LaMonica McIver. The regime is accusing the Congresswoman of assaulting two ICE agents during the lawful oversight visit she conducted on a sketchy, privately-run, recently reopened migrant detention facility called Delaney Hall; the very same visit that resulted in Trump's Gestapo arresting Baraka as part of the regime's attempts to intimidate opposition to their unlawful mass deportation campaign.

commondreams.org/news/lamonica

'Should Send a Chill Down the Spine of Every American': Trump DOJ Charges New Jersey Democrat

"In a statement, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba announced the charges against U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), claiming the lawmaker "assaulted, impeded, and interfered with law enforcement" at GEO Group's Delaney Hall. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) awarded GEO Group a billion-dollar contract earlier this year to detain migrants there, even as the facility faced legal challenges and accusations of abuse.

McIver rejected the charges against her as "purely political," saying that "they mischaracterize and distort my actions" in an attempt to "criminalize and deter legislative oversight."

"We were fulfilling our lawful oversight responsibilities, as members of Congress have done many times before, and our visit should have been peaceful and short," said McIver. "Instead, ICE agents created an unnecessary and unsafe confrontation when they chose to arrest Mayor [Ras] Baraka."

Habba said Monday that her office has agreed to drop the trespassing charge against Baraka, who welcomed the decision while expressing solidarity with McIver."

Okay so I don't know if you remember the post I made about Baraka's arrest, but there are literally a bunch of links to video footage of the confrontation Habba is talking about and needless to say it doesn't show the Congresswoman assaulting anyone, let alone "body-slamming" anyone as at least one DHS official previously claimed. Even the government's own out of context video clip just shows some shoving in a crowd of people trying to protect the Mayor of Newark. In other words the Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey is straight up lying about something we can all watch on video. This would of course be more shocking if the world hadn't gotten to know Habba during her time as a defense attorney for Downmarket Mussolini, in which is she routinely spat out easily disprovable lies in court. As an activist I can say from personal experience that this feels an awful lot like the standard bullshit charge cops who just roughed up some protesters press to keep the heat off long enough for the story to go away, and then quietly drop later. You can see that same pattern at work in the "trespass" charges laid against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, which were ultimately dropped because the regime knows they don't have a leg to stand on when they're under oath.

With all that established however, I think it's important to understand that even if they ultimately drop the charges against McIver, as they did with Baraka, this is still an example of a fascist regime weaponizing the enforcement arm of the state, to target and intimidate their political opposition. Pam Bondi might not love the Justice Department's chances in a court of law, but a message is still being sent to opposition party politicians that if they try to interfere with the unlawful, openly fascist "whitening" of America, security forces will be deployed to stop them. This when combined with the regime's threatening rhetoric, and its day to day attempts to erode the oversight of the judiciary to do blatantly unconstitutional authoritarian bullshit, effectively creates an unstable political environment where opposition to the regime's program, even legal opposition, carries an impossible to properly calculate degree of personal risk to the critic. Whatever your opinion of the Democratic Party happens to be, I think we can all admit that putting their own asses on the line to protect dissidents and critics hasn't exactly been their forte since at least October 7th, 2023; although obviously Baraka, McIver, and Robert Menendez deserve full marks for doing so now.

Finally; I can't prove it, but for a fun thought experiment google up some pictures of Baraka, McIver, and Menendez and tell me if you can think of any obvious reasons a white nationalist government might charge only the two people they did. Yeah, looked about white to me too.

Common Dreams · 'Should Send a Chill Down the Spine of Every American': Trump DOJ Charges New Jersey Democrat | Common Dreams"The most corrupt administration in our country's history is targeting and punishing public officials who seek to hold them accountable."

Seems an ATC finally spoke up regarding #EWR #Newark. The stress and anxiety seem overwhelming.

Please call your reps and advocate for FAA infrastructure investment, ATC benefits/protections, moving EWR TRACON back to NYC and hiring back maintenance workers. I called this morning.

To NJ's main airport and their ATCs. We support you.

thetimes.com/us/news-today/art

The Times · I was alone on shift when Newark air traffic control went darkBy Samuel Lovett

Congress Rep. LaMonica McIver charged by US #DOJ over incident with ICE agents

« U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced that she was charging the congresswoman with assaulting and impeding a law enforcement officer.

On May 9, McIver, along with a few other members of Congress and Ras Baraka, the mayor of #Newark, New Jersey, were protesting outside of Delaney Hall, a U.S. #ICE facility. »

abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-la

ABC News · Rep. LaMonica McIver charged by DOJ over incident with ICE agentsBy Luke Barr