{"id":56691,"date":"2025-12-01T00:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T00:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/56691\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T00:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T00:23:07","slug":"anti-ice-protesters-defiant-day-after-violent-clash-with-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/56691\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-ICE protesters defiant day after violent clash with NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-ICE activists vowed Sunday to continue protesting federal immigration raids in the Big Apple \u2014 and refused to apologize for a violent clash with the NYPD<\/a> at a Lower Manhattan demonstration.<\/p>\n

The proclamation came just one day after the protest against US Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents got out of hand, with cops caught in the middle \u2014 and protesters now vowing to keep doing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not apologize for standing up,\u201d city Public Advocate Jumaane Williams said at a press conference with members of the New York Immigration Coalition, one day after more than 150 protesters battled with cops outside an ICE deployment center.<\/p>\n

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams joined immigration advocates and other pols to denounce city ICE raids Sunday. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll do it every single time,\u201d Williams vowed. <\/p>\n

Police said Sunday that \u201cmultiple individuals were taken into custody\u201d at the out-of-control demonstration outside the US General Services Administration building on Centre Street before noon Saturday that saw police officers called in, only to be bombarded with trash and debris.<\/p>\n

Cops would not provide more details nor reveal how many were charged, but said cops repeatedly warned the mob to move along, leading to confrontations between the two sides when they refused.<\/p>\n

Sources said at least 18 of the demonstrators were charged.<\/p>\n

Protesters, who descended upon the city<\/a> over the weekend, converged on a Lower Manhattan parking garage where federal immigration agents were allegedly ready to deploy for an immigration round-up raid, law enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n

More than 150 protesters clashed with the NYPD in Lower Manhattan Saturday to protest federal immigration raids. William Farrington<\/p>\n

The NYPD won\u2019t say how many were charged after Saturday\u2019s rowdy anti-ICE protest, but sources said at least 18. William Farrington<\/p>\n

On Sunday, advocates called the ongoing raids \u201chorrifying and idiotic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur neighbors, New Yorkers of every stripe, mobilized, took time out of their day to come here and defend their neighbors to make sure that people were not disappeared, that families were not separated, and stood here for hours,\u201d coalition president and CEO Murad Awawdeh told reporters.<\/p>\n

Another pol at the presser was outgoing city Comptroller Brad Lander, who took issue with the NYPD, claiming they \u201cfacilitated ICE deportations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really do want to ask the NYPD to remember who you\u2019re sworn to protect and serve, and it\u2019s the people of New York City,\u201d Lander said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd yesterday, the people who were protecting and serving New Yorkers were the protesters who showed up.\u201d<\/p>\n

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch was ticked off that the feds didn\u2019t give a heads-up about the ICE raids. William Farrington<\/p>\n

However, law enforcement sources told The Post that NYPD brass was less than pleased with New York\u2019s Finest getting caught in the middle of the raucous riot \u2014 without a heads-up from the feds.<\/p>\n

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch allegedly gave the feds a tongue-lashing over the Saturday melee, which saw cops pelted with debris when they tried to step in to protect the ICE agents, sources said.<\/p>\n

Tisch has agreed to stay on when Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, a frequent critic of federal immigration policies under President Trump, takes office after his election victory earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Federal authorities have also had to navigate New York\u2019s status as a sanctuary city and policy of not working with ICE on civil arrests and deportations \u2014 which runs counter to the Trump administration\u2019s campaign to launch immigration raids throughout the country since taking office.<\/p>\n

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has been among the harshest critics of federal ICE raids in the city. AP<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s Lower Manhattan clash between cops and anti-ICE protesters was one of several demonstrations citywide. William Farrington<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, immigrant advocates said they\u2019re not going to let up while the raids continue.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time federal officers come into our communities with the intention of conducting lawless raids, of terrorizing our communities, they will be met with non-violent community resistance,\u201d Hannah Stouts, an organizer for Hands Off NYC, said during Sunday\u2019s press conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anti-ICE activists vowed Sunday to continue protesting federal immigration raids in the Big Apple \u2014 and refused to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2035,3410,5302,75,57,9,11,10,103,4648,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-56691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-ice","9":"tag-illegal-immigrants","10":"tag-jessica-tisch","11":"tag-manhattan","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-news","16":"tag-nypd","17":"tag-protests","18":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}