Yaakov Strasberg

Proud Jew | Proud American | Conservative | Independent Journalist | Love to bake & cook (& eat) | Covered many protests
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[Yaakov Strasberg @YaakovStras]

I didn't get a chance to cover nearly as many things as I have in other years, but here's a compilation of some of what I covered in 2025.

[Patrick Nealis @Patrick_Nealis]

Afternoon Update: A caravan of vehicles arriving at Delaney Hall

[Yaakov Strasberg @YaakovStras]

@grammysharmi @camhigby I have lawyers working on all that.

[Yaakov Strasberg @YaakovStras]

If you happen to see my mugshot anywhere, please let me know because I've been looking all over for it.

[Patrick Nealis @Patrick_Nealis]

The crowd has sizably thinned outside Delaney Hall.

LEOs are reinforcing the reinstalled concrete barriers with layered steel barricades.

[Patrick Nealis @Patrick_Nealis]

Officials attempting again to install concrete barriers at the entrance of the designated Free Speech Zone outside Delaney Hall were again met with resistance.

Resolution: Officials compromised with protestors by moving the barriers slightly further back than initially placed.

[The Black Conservative Preacher @thebcpreacher]

🚨BREAKING:

This is what it looks like in front of Delaney Hall now. The city has installed jersey barriers along the street and also placing them on the property of Delaney Hall.

[Patrick Nealis @Patrick_Nealis]

After a quiet morning; a sizable group spotted arriving outside Delaney Hall to protest.

[Patrick Nealis @Patrick_Nealis]

Walking back tonight from covering Delaney Hall, I noticed this on the road at the intersection of Doremus & Wilson:

“PRESS”

It’s almost poetic; after multiple journalists were arrested here only 48 hours ago…

[Patrick Nealis @Patrick_Nealis]

Wednesday Update noon local time outside Delaney Hall.

The area is lightly attended by protestors & media. A protestor is outside the facility & a small group is gathered at their nearby tent.

[Andrew Mercado @AndrewMercado]

Police try to move press further back as arrests are made outside Delaney Hall, journalist @JonFarinaPhoto ( @StatusCoup ) wasn't having it.

A superior radios in, "If they refuse to move, push them back yourselves"

FARINA: "Don't touch me. It's gonna be a big story, I'm live right now."

RADIO: "Tell that press right there they're fine"

📸: @AndrewMercado

[Freedom of the Press Foundation @FreedomofPress]

Police want to decide which journalists can cover the Delaney Hall protests in Newark, New Jersey.

But if an officer can point at someone and declare they are not press, the First Amendment ceases to have meaning.

Read more from FPF's @adjoro:
https://t.co/dTscZ2i8Fh

[Yaakov Strasberg @YaakovStras]

@Coasta304 Thank you!

[Yaakov Strasberg @YaakovStras]

I have finally been released from jail.

Half my face is currently bruised and swollen due to getting punched in the face by one of the State Trooper Riot Police officers despite me fully complying, being face down on the ground, and having several officers on me.

I had tried numerous times to leave along with other press members, and even after they left tried numerous times to explain to police that I'm press, but they didn't care and didn't't allow me to leave.

My glasses were stepped on and broken by police (despite me pointing them out), and my phone, gas mask, ID card, insurance card, and all equipment that I carry when covering events (totaling about $2k including my phone) were apparently somehow "misplaced" when taken by police, so I have none of those things and will have to replace it all.

I'm currently on my second hospital visit due to the swelling on my face not changing much even though it should have by now.

@nicksortor has been extremely helpful and amazing with helping me out after my release, so I'm very grateful for that.

[Yaakov Strasberg @YaakovStras]

The police explicitly said that press can stay after the curfew so long as they're not engaging in any illegal activity.
The time that they told press to leave was when they were kettling everyone in, at which point I had attempted to leave with the other press members, but police refused to allow me to leave.

[Yaakov Strasberg @YaakovStras]

@ginamilan_ Thank you!

[Yaakov Strasberg @YaakovStras]

It's kind of interesting to see how I'm getting support for what happened to me from people on both the Right and the Left, and at the same time I'm also getting hate for what happened to me from people on both the Right and the Left.

[Patrick Nealis @Patrick_Nealis]

The State Liaison officially confirmed the curfew is lifted & protestors will be allowed to return to protest outside Delaney Hall tonight.

[Patrick Nealis @Patrick_Nealis]

Protestors celebrating the lifting of tonight’s curfew & a return to Delaney Hall.

[Patrick Nealis @Patrick_Nealis]

Community leaders escorting the protestors back to Delaney Hall after the Doremus/Wilson barricades are removed.

[Patrick Nealis @Patrick_Nealis]

So far so good…

1. The protestors have returned to Delaney Hall.

2. ICE operations are running unobstructed & supported by Newark Police.

3. Nearby traffic is flowing unimpeded.

Community leaders are here for support & the environment is peaceful, a win for all involved.

[Patrick Nealis @Patrick_Nealis]

The protestors are back outside Delaney Hall.

The steel barricades have been replaced by a concrete barrier; protestors remain inside the barrier while credentialed press are setup across the street.

[Yaakov Strasberg @YaakovStras]

@LouAZMerrijul @Patrick_Nealis Thank you!
I love when that happens too.