Mayor Ras Baraka, who leads New Jersey's biggest city, is a candidate in a crowded primary field for the Democratic nomination for governor next Tuesday.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a lawsuit Tuesday against interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba and a Department of Homeland Security investigator, alleging that Habba defamed him and they violated his constitutional rights when he was arrested at a federal immigration detention center earlier this month.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has sued interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba for false arrest and malicious prosecution related to his May 9 arrest outside a federal immigration center.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka filed a lawsuit against the US Attorney for New Jersey on Tuesday over his arrest last month while protesting outside an ICE detention facility in his city.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues federal prosecutor Alina Habba, alleging false arrest and defamation tied to his trespassing charge at an immigration detention facility.
Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras Baraka (D) on Tuesday sued interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba in her personal capacity over his arrest last month outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility he was visiting with three Democratic members of Congress.
Mayor Ras Baraka is suing Alina Habba, the acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, and Ricky Ricky J. Patel, the special agent in charge of the Newark Division of Homeland Security Investigations.
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