Federal agents detained a Columbia University student Thursday morning at one of the school’s residential buildings, acting President Claire Shipman wrote in an email to students. Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal claimed in a social media post that the agents “impersonated NYPD with fake badges and a phony missing persons bulletin for a 5 year … Read more
A St. Paul church member has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a group of individuals, including journalist Don Lemon and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, unlawfully disrupted service last month as part of a coordinated political demonstration. The complaint, filed by Ann Doucette in the U.S. District Court of Minnesota, alleges that a Jan. 18 … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — Some residents in the Philadelphia suburb of Quakertown are calling for the police chief to resign after a scuffle between police and high school students protesting immigration enforcement policies left several juveniles in custody for four days. Video circulating online shows an older man in street clothes approach a group of young protesters … Read more