{"id":2440421,"date":"2025-05-29T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/learning-the-hard-way-woke-activists-painfully-pacified-after-trying-to-get-illegals-freed-from-ice-custody\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T12:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:47:42","slug":"learning-the-hard-way-woke-activists-painfully-pacified-after-trying-to-get-illegals-freed-from-ice-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/learning-the-hard-way-woke-activists-painfully-pacified-after-trying-to-get-illegals-freed-from-ice-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning the Hard Way: Woke Activists Painfully Pacified After Trying to Get Illegals Freed from ICE Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flearning-the-hard-way-woke-activists-painfully-pacified-after-trying-to-get-illegals-freed-from-ice-custody%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2440421&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Wednesday, a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York City escalated into a clash resulting in the arrest of nearly two dozen protesters. The demonstrators attempted to force their way into an immigration court, leading to confrontations with law enforcement who used pepper spray to control the situation. Independent journalist Andy Ngo documented the incident, highlighting the intense atmosphere and the physical struggles of protesters affected by the spray. critics of the protest characterized it as an attempted jailbreak, arguing that the actions of the protesters were not in line with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornel-west-says-nyc-canceled-his-saturday-rally-after-appearing-at-columbia-protests\/\" title=\"Cornel West&#039;s Saturday rally in NYC was canceled after his participation in Columbia ...s\">peaceful assembly rights<\/a>. The incident drew critically important online reactions, mostly in support of ICE&#8217;s response, and underscored the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protest-groups-call-enforcing-law-on-wi-judge-authoritarianism\/\" title=\"... Groups Call Enforcing Law On WI Judge &#039;Authoritarianism&#039;\">tensions surrounding immigration enforcement<\/a> in the U.S.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An anti-ICE protest in New York City on Wednesday turned into a painful lesson about the dangers of attempted jail breaks &mdash; especially <em>federal<\/em>&nbsp;jail breaks.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/manhattan-immigration-court-protest-arrests-ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>, almost two dozen protesters were arrested &nbsp;after clashing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside an immigration court in lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>The mob tried to storm the building, pushing barricades back against the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >badly outnumbered agents &#038;mdash<\/a>; but a few doses of pepper spray settled things down, painful as it might have been for the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Independent journalist Andy Ngo, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/criminal-cartel-journalist-andy-ngo-reveals-antifas-chilling-agenda-violent-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has spent years<\/a> documenting lawlessness of the extreme left (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/conservative-journalist-rushed-hospital-antifa-brutalizes-robs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paid the price<\/a> for it) &mdash; posted video of the clash on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The follow video contains vulgar language that may offend some readers.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Far-left extremists in New York City are pepper sprayed by ICE after attempting to interfere with illegal migrants being transported after immigration case hearings today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B5kk7QuEZn\">pic.twitter.com\/B5kk7QuEZn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1927915834694828090?\">May 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In some ways, the video is painful to watch &mdash; particularly about the 1-minute mark, where one woman uses a water bottle to rinse the pepper spray from the eyes of another woman.<\/p>\n<p>But in other ways, it&rsquo;s enraging, because what it amounts to isn&rsquo;t the kind of peaceful protest protected by the First Amendment. It&rsquo;s an attempted jail break &mdash; the forcible freeing of prisoners held in custody of law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The fact protesters claimed that one of the women involved might be pregnant &mdash; no one sensible would take the word of a leftist at face value &mdash; is even worse.<\/p>\n<p>A woman expecting a child should have enough sense to avoid avoidable situations that might be dangerous, and attending a protest is eminently avoidable.<\/p>\n<p>If she chooses to attend and engage in a near-riot on the streets of New York City, the responsibility for the consequences is hers &mdash; not the law enforcement officers she attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Ngo&rsquo;s video drew hundreds of comments, virtually all of them supporting the agents&rsquo; actions:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">always makes me laugh how they act after something happens as if any consequence they experience is just completely inconceivable<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mpcap_j (@itrade258) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itrade258\/status\/1927918210801631590?\">May 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After spraying, they should have been arrested and imprisoned until trial for assaulting federal agents and obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n<p>There have to be consequences.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Small Town Chick (@ejc9029) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ejc9029\/status\/1928043075105919078?\">May 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They&rsquo;re like pesky insects. Spray away!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; J Kim (@jkfromcali1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jkfromcali1\/status\/1927916458098708486?\">May 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An incident like this is never going to be played sympathetically for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ice-sweeps-nyc-immediately-scores-big-win-infamous-suspect-taken-custody\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICE agents<\/a> by the establishment media, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/looking-unify-america-vast-majority-americans-distrust-news-media-every-level-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hideously biased<\/a> force in American culture and politics. But the reality is, they showed admirable restraint under the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s restraint the protesters &mdash; including the allegedly pregnant woman &mdash; should be grateful for. No matter how painful it looked.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]]=document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display='block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src=firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id']=firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting=jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display='block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An anti-ICE demonstration in New York City on Wednesday became a harsh reminder of the risks associated with attempted jail breaks, particularly those involving federal facilities. CBS News reported that nearly twenty protesters were taken into custody after confronting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside an immigration court in lower Manhattan. The crowd attempted to breach the building, pushing against barricades set up by the significantly outnumbered agents, but a few uses of pepper spray helped restore order, despite the discomfort it caused the protesters. Independent journalist Andy Ngo, known for documenting extreme leftist actions at personal cost, shared footage of the incident on X: WARNING: The following video contains explicit language that may offend some viewers.<\/p>\n<p>In some respects, watching the video is distressing-especially around the one-minute mark when one woman uses a water bottle to wash pepper spray from another&#8217;s eyes. However, it&#8217;s also infuriating because this behavior does not constitute peaceful protest protected by First Amendment rights; rather, it resembles an attempt at a jail break-trying to forcibly release individuals held by law enforcement. Claims from protesters that one woman might be pregnant are dubious; no reasonable person would take such assertions from leftists at face value. A pregnant woman should exercise caution and avoid potentially hazardous situations like protests; if she chooses to participate in such near-riotous activities in New York City streets, she bears responsibility for any resulting consequences-not law enforcement officers who are attacked.<\/p>\n<p>Ngo&#8217;s video received numerous comments overwhelmingly supporting law enforcement&#8217;s response: &#8220;It always makes me laugh how they act surprised when faced with consequences,&#8221; remarked one user. Another suggested that those involved should have been arrested for assaulting federal agents and obstructing justice since there must be repercussions for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>This type of incident will likely never receive sympathetic coverage from mainstream media outlets known for their bias against ICE agents. Nevertheless, these officers displayed commendable restraint given the circumstances-a quality that even those involved in the protest-including the allegedly pregnant woman-should appreciate despite how painful it appeared<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2440422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ICe-Protest.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56137,3813,36625,56136],"class_list":["post-2440421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ice-custody","tag-immigration","tag-social-justice","tag-woke-activism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ICe-Protest.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440421"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440425,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440421\/revisions\/2440425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}