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Related: About this forumAli Velshi escorted away by police as he reports on protest outside NJ ICE facility - MS NOW Reports
While reporting on a large police presence breaking up a protest outside Delaney Hall ICE facility in New Jersey, Ali Velshi is escorted away by police. - 05/30/2026.
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Ali Velshi escorted away by police as he reports on protest outside NJ ICE facility - MS NOW Reports (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
8 hrs ago
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I know! I can also remember when Velshi was reporting from another protest during the felon's first administration
Rhiannon12866
7 hrs ago
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I could not agree more. I still think that Velshi deserved an award from reporting on the Ukraine border
Rhiannon12866
6 hrs ago
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blue_jay
(296 posts)1. WTAF
Unbelievable.
Rhiannon12866
(259,507 posts)2. I know! I can also remember when Velshi was reporting from another protest during the felon's first administration
I was watching the coverage live on TV and even though he and his crew had stepped back from the protests, I saw Ali Velshi get shot in the leg with a rubber bullet...
Just Jerome
(575 posts)3. So, now...
what? Will we hear of the overwhelming response of police to deal with violent crazed rioters?
calimary
(91,001 posts)4. One of the most under-appreciated working journalists alive today.
Rhiannon12866
(259,507 posts)5. I could not agree more. I still think that Velshi deserved an award from reporting on the Ukraine border
At the start of that still-ongoing war...
questionseverything
(11,999 posts)6. More police than protesters, denying freedom of the press
Piggy wasting money hand over fist while starving kids
magicarpet
(19,486 posts)7. Fascism on the march,...
.... Fuck the US Constitution,.. Fuck the First Amendment, Fuck American Democracy.