Updated
Updated · CNBC · Jul 20
Anti-ICE Activist Injures 2 Outside NYC Immigration Court, Prompting FBI Terror Probe
Updated
Updated · CNBC · Jul 20

Anti-ICE Activist Injures 2 Outside NYC Immigration Court, Prompting FBI Terror Probe

1 articles · Updated · CNBC · Jul 20

Summary

  • Two people were treated at the scene and a third was being evaluated after a man set off fireworks outside 26 Federal Plaza in lower Manhattan on Monday morning.
  • Law enforcement sources said the man used a shopping cart loaded with fireworks, doused it with an accelerant and lit it, then menaced pedestrians with two airsoft rifles before being taken into custody.
  • The FBI said an individual set off an incendiary device outside the federal building, which houses a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office.
  • The New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is now investigating the incident, which authorities linked to anti-ICE activism.

Insights

Did the 'horrific' conditions inside the 26 Federal Plaza facility inevitably lead to the violent protest outside its doors?
How will an attack with airsoft guns reshape the balance between public access and security at US immigration courts?