A New Jersey senator who was pepper-sprayed by ICE officers last week now says he’s worried that tensions between protesters and ICE agents in his home state could escalate into further violent clashes in the next few days or weeks.
Sen. Andy Kim was seen on video this past week receiving aid from a volunteer after being caught in the middle of a confrontation between protesters and ICE agents at a detention center in Newark, New Jersey. The senator washed out his eyes after being hit with a cloud of chemicals emitted from “pepper balls”, non-lethal ammunition fired by ICE and other federal agents in an attempt to disperse crowds outside of the Delaney Hall detention center. Confrontations between armed ICE agents and unarmed protesters occurred Monday night and Tuesday evening, according to local media.
