Zohran Mamdani condemns ICE after police and protesters clash in Brooklyn

Police forcibly broke up protest outside hospital where federal immigration agents took detainee for evaluationSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and other local officials on Monday condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after federal officers dragged a man out of a hospital building where he had been taken following an arrest, prompting a crowd of protesters to gather outside, where they clashed with police.The incident over the weekend has also drawn scrutiny from critics questioning the New York police department’s response at the scene, in relation to New York City’s sanctuary laws, which bar local police from assisting federal immigration authorities in civil immigration enforcement. Continue reading...