Trump administration officials told a judge that a Newark police memo directing city cops not to respond to calls at migrant jail Delaney Hall created “a zone of lawlessness,” but city officials said police will still respond to disturbances there.
The disagreement stems from a memorandum sent Monday by a police captain in the city’s 3rd precinct saying that “no officers are to handle any call for service pertaining to Delaney Hall” for the remainder of the week. Last week, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said his police force should not be used to protect the private detention facility from anti-ICE protesters.
Scenes from outside Newark migrant jail Delaney Hall…