Press Releases December 13, 2020, 8:13 am | in Police Violence Should Not Distract From Ongoing Hunger Strike, States Abolish ICE NY-NJ Coalition and Allies
HACKENSACK, NJ — In response to police violence against advocates and community members outside the Bergen County Jail, the Abolish ICE NY-NJ coalition and allies issued the following statement:
“While police in Bergen County spent the majority of their Saturday afternoon and evening responding to peaceful protests with violence, we cannot and must not lose sight of the fact that people detained at the Bergen County Jail are nearly one month into a hunger strike. They are subjected daily to the violence of a brutal detention system and retaliation by ICE and the Bergen County Sheriff.