New Jersey State Police officially took over public safety operations outside Newark's Delaney Hall immigration detention center on Friday afternoon, May 29, 2026. [1, 2]
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill and Attorney General Jennifer Davenport ordered the state police deployment to de-escalate tensions and replace federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Prior to this, ICE agents had been involved in volatile, multi-day standoffs with demonstrators protesting a mass hunger strike inside the facility. [1, 2, 3]
Timeline of State Police Involvement
●Thursday Night, May 28, 2026: Initial state police presence began minimally with a few vehicles directing traffic near the facility. [1]
●Friday, May 29, 2026: State police officially relieved federal ICE agents. Troopers constructed a designated, barricaded "protest zone" to separate demonstrators from the facility's main gates. [1, 2, 3]
●Friday Night, May 29, 2026: The New Jersey State Police Public Safety Response Team clashed with protesters while attempting to clear a path for vehicles. Troopers in full riot gear issued dispersal orders and deployed tear gas, flash-bang grenades, and rubber bullets to push crowds back. Six demonstrators were arrested. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
●Saturday Night, May 30, 2026: Clashes escalated further. State police used horses, riot shields, and physical barriers to repel protesters who reportedly charged police lines, threw projectiles, and lit tires on fire. Three additional arrests were made. [1, 2, 3, 4]
●Sunday Night, May 31, 2026: Following a mandatory 9:00 PM curfew enacted by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, state police and local authorities moved in to clear the area. Troopers utilized a crowd-control tactic known as "kettling" to surround and arrest remaining curfew violators, sweeping up several credentialed journalists in the process. [1, 2]
●Monday, June 1, 2026: State police handed primary command over to the Newark Police Department. Officers set up a strict perimeter blocking activists and media at the intersection of Doremus Avenue and Wilson Avenue, roughly half a mile from the facility. [1, 2]
Source: AI (Google Artificial Intelligence)
●Friday, May 29, 2026: State police officially relieved federal ICE agents. Troopers constructed a designated, barricaded "protest zone" to separate demonstrators from the facility's main gates. [1, 2, 3]
●Friday Night, May 29, 2026: The New Jersey State Police Public Safety Response Team clashed with protesters while attempting to clear a path for vehicles. Troopers in full riot gear issued dispersal orders and deployed tear gas, flash-bang grenades, and rubber bullets to push crowds back. Six demonstrators were arrested. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
●Saturday Night, May 30, 2026: Clashes escalated further. State police used horses, riot shields, and physical barriers to repel protesters who reportedly charged police lines, threw projectiles, and lit tires on fire. Three additional arrests were made. [1, 2, 3, 4]
●Sunday Night, May 31, 2026: Following a mandatory 9:00 PM curfew enacted by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, state police and local authorities moved in to clear the area. Troopers utilized a crowd-control tactic known as "kettling" to surround and arrest remaining curfew violators, sweeping up several credentialed journalists in the process. [1, 2]
●Monday, June 1, 2026: State police handed primary command over to the Newark Police Department. Officers set up a strict perimeter blocking activists and media at the intersection of Doremus Avenue and Wilson Avenue, roughly half a mile from the facility. [1, 2]
Source: AI (Google Artificial Intelligence)
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