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'Chilling reminder of where we are': Officials condemn 'disturbing' arrest of Newark mayor

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    65% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -16% Somewhat Left

  • Politician Portrayal

    -41% Negative

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20% : User @theliamnissan wrote: "The Newark airport radar is failing as we speak but don't worry folks, ICE just arrested the mayor of the city outside an immigration detention center." READ MORE: Donald Trump just inadvertently invoked the Christian understanding of the Antichrist User Annelise Orleck, a historian according to her bio, said: "The number of people on here celebrating because ICE arrested Newark's mayor, Ras Baraka, for walking into an immigration detention center in his own city to check on his constituents is a chilling reminder of where we are at as a country."

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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