Excerpt: "Protests at a federal jail in Brooklyn that has been without power and largely without heat for over a week boiled over on Sunday afternoon, when demonstrators stormed the jail. They were stopped by a line of correction officers inside the building who apparently drove them back with pepper spray."
Protesters outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Saturday, where a partial power outage has prompted management to cancel visits and place inmates on lockdown. (photo: Stephen Speranza/NYT)
Protesters Try to Storm Federal Jail in Brooklyn With Little Heat or Electricity
04 February 19
rotests at a federal jail in Brooklyn that has been without power and largely without heat for over a week boiled over on Sunday afternoon, when demonstrators stormed the jail. They were stopped by a line of correction officers inside the building who apparently drove them back with pepper spray.
There were no immediate reports of arrests, the police said, and out on the street in front of the jail, the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, the protests, going on continuously since Saturday afternoon, quickly resumed.
The attempt to enter the jail happened just after noon when a woman, Yvonne Morilla, 51, of Queens, walked up to the door crying, “That’s my son! You got to let me go!” The scene devolved into a brief episode of chaos, with protesters pushing against the officers.
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