Tensions outside Delaney continue

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Skirmishes outside Newark migrant jail Delaney Hall continued over the weekend.

On Thursday, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said his police force would curtail its efforts at crowd control, with Baraka, a Democrat who tried to stop the detention center from opening last year, saying his police department’s job is not to guard private property, though the city’s police officers appear to have been engaged all weekend outside the facility.

Friday night saw more clashes between protesters and jail guards attempting to leave the facility during a shift change. Photographer Josh Pacheco was injured when one of the jail guards drove through the group of protesters. Five people were arrested, per federal Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

Saturday’s rain didn’t make things less tense. Newark police declared an unlawful assembly after saying protesters damaged property, and officers moved everyone off of Doremus Avenue. NJ Advance Media reports that six people were arrested Saturday night into Sunday morning.

Health: Kids Count, an annual report on children’s well-being from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, says New Jersey ranks first in the nation for education and seventh in terms of pediatric health. But the report finds warning signs, like more than 60% of our fourth graders struggle to read and the number of uninsured children rose to 5%.

Crime: Six people were injured in a stabbing at New York Penn Station on Sunday night, and a suspect is in police custody, via Catalina Gonella and Phil Corso at Gothamist. At least one of the victims suffered serious injuries. The alarming incident came just one day before game 3 of the NBA Finals — President Trump is set to appear for the game at Madison Square Garden, directly above Penn Station — and just days before countless soccer fans are expected to descend on the station to head to the first World Cup match at MetLife Stadium.