Counter-protesters escalate tension at N.J. jail housing ICE detainees
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Protesters rallying for the release of ICE detainees at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack faced off Saturday with a group of pro-Trump counter-protesters, who arrived and began shouting insults.
The group of protesters who had been rallying outside the jail were met with a group of counter-protesters waving Blue line flags in support of law enforcement and flags emblazoned with President Donald Trump’s name, according to video posted on social media.
The counter-protesters shouted insults, floated conspiracy theories and raised the middle finger at the pro-immigrant protesters, who clashed with police last weekend.