"The advocate remembers wondering: Should I jump in there? What should I do? 'I'm strong for a woman my age, but I'm not someone who can fight off two people,' she said."
"'I thought she was being kidnapped,' the advocate told me. She ran to the law-enforcement officers in the lobby to ask for help."
"'The police were just standing there like they were having a coffee klatch,' she said. 'And I was like, Guys, are you kidding me? Why are you not doing something?'"
A 67-year-old retiree in New Jersey volunteers as an advocate for victims of domestic violence. She accompanied a woman seeking a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, who had assaulted her. After the court hearing, the woman was tackled outside by federal agents from ICE. The advocate sought help from police, but they claimed they could not intervene. The situation escalated as the woman was forcibly taken away by unmarked agents, highlighting the intersection of domestic violence and immigration enforcement.
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