(17 Jun 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 17 June 2025
1. Various of Brad Lander walking out of federal building after being released from ICE detention, New York Governor Kathy Hochul walks with him, UPSOUND: “We’re proud of you, Brad. We’re proud of you. Thanks for being out there, Brad! Thank you, Brad! Thank you!“
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Lander, (D) New York City Comptroller and Mayoral Candidate:
(Reporter: “But what DHS put out was that you put your hands on a federal officer and you were being charged with obstructing justice.”)
“Seriously?”
++WHITE FLASH++
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Lander, (D) New York City Comptroller and Mayoral Candidate:
“I mean you guys all saw it on video so you know exactly what happened and I think probably on advice of counsel I will not characterize the events but I certainly did not assault an officer.”
++WHITE FLASH++
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Brad Lander, (D) New York City Comptroller and Mayoral Candidate:
“This is a critical time to have a mayor who will stand up to ICE and stand up to Donald Trump and insist on due process and the laws of this city. This is a sanctuary city. I was proud to co-sponsor those laws and I’m going to show up and defend them and partly why I’m running for mayor is that New Yorkers deserve better."
STORYLINE:
New York City Comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday after he linked arms with a person authorities were attempting to detain.
A reporter with The Associated Press and other journalists witnessed Lander’s arrest at a federal building in Manhattan, the latest confrontation between U.S. agents and a Democratic politician objecting to the Trump administration’s effort to jail and deport mass numbers of immigrants. The immigrant Lander escorted out of the courtroom was also arrested.
Videos taken by journalists show agents struggling to separate Lander from the man he’d linked arms with for more than 40 seconds before wrestling the two apart. Multiple agents then grabbed Lander’s arms and put them behind his back.
“You’re obstructing," an agent told Lander.
“I’m not obstructing, I’m standing right here in the hallway,” Lander said as he was being handcuffed.
In a statement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Lander “was arrested for assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer."
Lander was released from custody after a few hours where he was greeted outside Federal Plaza by a crowd of supporters.
After learning from reporters about the statement DHS released, Lander responded, “I mean you guys all saw it on video so you know exactly what happened and I think probably on advice of counsel I will not characterize the events but I certainly did not assault an officer,”.
Lander is a candidate in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary. Early voting in the contest is underway and the election is next week. Candidates in the race quickly weighed in to criticize the arrest.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul also condemned the arrest, likening it to excrement in a post on X. She later went to the federal building where the arrest happened and accompanied Lander for his release.
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