The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Sunday night that there is “zero tolerance for rioters” as New Jersey State Police moved in on agitators outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, after they refused to follow a city-imposed curfew.
DHS made the comment in a series of posts on X that showed videos of what the agency described as police arresting rioters.
“If you riot, you will face the consequences. Law and order prevails,” it said in one post.
“Arrests are MOUNTING,” DHS said in another post.
It was not immediately clear how many individuals were detained or arrested.
New Jersey State Police encircled agitators who broke a city-imposed curfew Sunday night outside Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, making multiple arrests, according to a report.
Video from the scene shows New Jersey state police in riot gear corralling agitators and some members of the media who did not leave the site when the curfew went into effect. The police are seen creating a circle around the agitators and shouting, “Move in!”
Some agitators are heard chanting at the officers, “Hands up, don’t shoot!”
Police announced to the group that members of the press would be allowed to leave. After the press filed out, the New York Post reported that police arrested about 20 agitators who remained.
Earlier Sunday, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka imposed a nightly curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice due to what he called the “escalating situation” and “the increasing need for police intervention” at Delaney Hall.
Baraka said in the statement that multiple individuals had already been arrested for possession of weapons during the chaos at the site over the previous week.
The mayor said that those who violate the curfew will be given a warning to leave before becoming subject to law enforcement actions.
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