A peaceful female protester waving an upside-down American flag outside an ICE detention center on Father’s Day was struck from behind by a car entering the facility.
The woman, an advocate from Minnesota, was taking part in a vigil outside Delaney Hall demanding the release of dads held inside the controversial 1,000-bed jail in Newark, which is run by private contractor GEO Group.
She was hit near the private vehicle entrance and sent flying to the ground. Birdie Green, a co-founder of the Sussex Visibility Brigade and an organizer of the event, told NJ.com that the woman “was not blocking vehicles, and could not see it coming.”…