Man in custody after fire set outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Police say a man armed with a collection of weapons started a fire outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan on Monday morning.Officials said two people had minor injuries and the incident is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism.Video showed him pouring some kind of flammable liquid outside the building and then setting it on fire.Police say the person is believed to be a protester with a history of anti-ICE activity.
48% : The suspect's cart had a sign reading "ICE Off Our Streets.""What occurred outside 26 Federal Plaza this morning was deeply disturbing," Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
43% : but they were put out before they reached the building where immigrants are processed and FBI and ICE officers are located.Police say the person is believed to be a protester with a history of anti-ICE activity.A man with a history of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity set off an "incendiary device" outside a federal building in Manhattan, officials said.Officers quickly secured the area and the suspect was taken into custody.Authorities said the "makeshift incendiary device" was made up of fireworks and a flammable liquid.

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