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Newark mayor says prosecutors tried to ‘humilate’ him by forcing redo of fingerprints and mugshot

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Ras Baraka makes a speech to press members after appearing in federal court on Thursday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Ras Baraka, the Democratic mayor of Newark, said federal prosecutors were seeking to “humiliate and degrade” him by making him give fingerprints and have a mugshot taken for a second time on Thursday.

The move came after a court appearance on a trespassing charge stemming from his arrest at an immigration detention center where he was protesting with several members of Congress.

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