Peaceful protest’ claim collapses as ICE agents are bitten, kicked, endure death threats by savage mob
If Democrats were looking for a mascot for the anti-ICE movement, they may have found one in New Jersey.
Federal authorities say 26-year-old Brendan John Geier of Madison, New Jersey, was arrested after allegedly attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during the latest round of anti-ICE demonstrations outside Newark’s Delaney Hall detention facility. According to the Department of Justice, Geier didn’t merely resist officers attempting to clear a roadway blocked by protesters — he allegedly kicked officers and bit two federal agents hard enough to send them to the hospital.
The incident is the latest example of how demonstrations marketed as “peaceful protests” have increasingly devolved into confrontations with federal law enforcement. For days, activists have gathered outside Delaney Hall, a facility that has become ground zero in the national fight over President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda. What began as demonstrations over detention policies has repeatedly escalated into clashes involving blocked roadways, physical confrontations and arrests.
“Peaceful protest doesn’t translate to violently attacking federal law enforcement officers,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. “Federal officers are protecting United States’ property and facilities. With virtually no local law enforcement support from New Jersey, rioters are regrouping and attacking.”
He added: “We will not tolerate the vicious attacks we have seen in Newark the last few days, and we will make arrests and hold people accountable for criminal conduct.”
The DOJ alleges that federal officers were conducting security operations around Delaney Hall when a large crowd blocked access roads to the facility. Officers reportedly issued repeated commands for demonstrators to move back. Prosecutors say Geier instead “engaged in a struggle with deportation officers, kicking officers and ultimately biting an officer’s forearm, and another’s knuckle.”
Both officers required hospital treatment.
Federal authorities say 26-year-old Brendan John Geier of Madison, New Jersey, was arrested after allegedly attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during the latest round of anti-ICE demonstrations outside Newark’s Delaney Hall detention facility. According to the Department of Justice, Geier didn’t merely resist officers attempting to clear a roadway blocked by protesters — he allegedly kicked officers and bit two federal agents hard enough to send them to the hospital.
The incident is the latest example of how demonstrations marketed as “peaceful protests” have increasingly devolved into confrontations with federal law enforcement. For days, activists have gathered outside Delaney Hall, a facility that has become ground zero in the national fight over President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda. What began as demonstrations over detention policies has repeatedly escalated into clashes involving blocked roadways, physical confrontations and arrests.
“Peaceful protest doesn’t translate to violently attacking federal law enforcement officers,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. “Federal officers are protecting United States’ property and facilities. With virtually no local law enforcement support from New Jersey, rioters are regrouping and attacking.”
He added: “We will not tolerate the vicious attacks we have seen in Newark the last few days, and we will make arrests and hold people accountable for criminal conduct.”
The DOJ alleges that federal officers were conducting security operations around Delaney Hall when a large crowd blocked access roads to the facility. Officers reportedly issued repeated commands for demonstrators to move back. Prosecutors say Geier instead “engaged in a struggle with deportation officers, kicking officers and ultimately biting an officer’s forearm, and another’s knuckle.”
Both officers required hospital treatment.
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