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Army veteran arrested over alleged anti-ICE arson attack on New York federal building

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July 21, 2025

An Army veteran has been arrested after allegedly setting a fire outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, also known as 26 Federal Plaza, in New York on the morning of July 20. Andrew Arrabaca, 43, was tackled by federal officers after allegedly igniting fireworks, pouring gasoline, and setting fire to an entrance of the building.

Authorities said Arrabaca was carrying anti-ICE signs at the time of the alleged arson. The building houses several federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and an immigration court. It is used daily by thousands of federal employees.

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), at about 8:20 a.m. on July 20, Arrabaca ignited fireworks outside an employee entrance to 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan. He then allegedly poured what appeared to be gasoline on the entrance stairs and set them on fire.

Surveillance video showed federal agents tackling and apprehending a man shortly after the fire was started. Another person quickly extinguished the flames. According to authorities, Arrabaca was carrying a cart with a sign that read, “ICE off our streets.”

He allegedly had several weapons in the cart, including knives, two pellet guns, a hammer, and a machete. Authorities said Arrabaca also fired five to seven pellets from an airsoft rifle. Three people were injured in the incident, including two federal officials and one immigrant who had arrived at the building for a hearing.

Following the attack, James Barnacle, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office, described Arrabaca as an anti-government extremist who intended to harm people.

Authorities said Arrabaca continued shouting anti-ICE slogans during his arrest.

26 Federal Plaza has seen several ICE-related incidents after federal agents began arresting immigrants who appeared there for scheduled immigration hearings. Since the summer of 2025, several protests against the agency have been held outside and near the building.

The alleged arson occurred as ICE faces renewed scrutiny following fatal shootings involving two civilians by federal agents in Texas and Maine.

Found on mainstream news.

Windows Smashed at Magellan Aerospace

Posted on by neversleep

July 12, 2026

The other night we took action against Magellan Aerospace in Corona, Queens, NY, smashing all 7 windows and spray painting our messages: MAG KILLS KIDS, and GAZA REMEMBERS. As far as we know, this is the 5th time this location has been targeted in the last 2 years. We won’t rest until Magellan, and ALL war mongering, genocidal companies either leave NY, or go up in smoke!

Protest, activism, and organizing must extend beyond responding to attacks! Quoting Sun Tzu, “You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive.”

Take regenerative action! If not you, then who. If not now, then when? 
Build resilience to repression. Repression breeds resistance, but only if we try! 
FREE PALESTINE! and Palestine is freeing us.

Magellan Aerospace is an aircraft manufacturing company. In addition to various weapons components, they’ve been producing tail assemblies for F-35s for over a decade, as part of the F-35 supply chain spanning parts factories across 25 countries. Fighter jets are weapons of mass destruction, supplied to terrorist white supremacist entities, like the US and “israel”, to wage genocide on Palestine, and a global war of terror against resistance and anti-colonial movements. 

Magellan has facilities in Canada, UK and across the US, with 3 buildings right here in Corona, Queens, This is military infrastructure embedded in a civilian area, in the heart of an immigrant neighborhood, surround by houses, with pre-k, elementary, and middle schools on the same block!

In addition to the Queens facilities, there are 2 locations in Long Island, NY. All 3 have received taxpayer funded grants through NY’s Empire State Development program. Governor Hochul in particular has been pushing NY to be a major developer of aerospace and AI tech, which are in fact WMDs.

Magellan is majority owned and chaired by N. Murray Edwards, a Canadian oil sands and mining billionaire worth over $2.7 billion, responsible for polluting waterways in one of Canada’s worst mining disasters, in Mount Polley, BC. Magellan also rakes in over $1 billion in annual revenue, growing rapidly every year. This multinational corporation should not be robbing taxpayers to subsidize their profits!

Submitted anonymously.

NYPD to train officers, buy equipment for drone threats during World Cup, America 250

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May 22, 2026

he New York Police Department announced that it is training officers and buying equipment to counter weaponized drone threats during the FIFA World Cup and America 250 celebrations.

The NYPD said Thursday that it is buying $6.5 million in drone mitigation equipment ahead of the events and giving counterterrorism officers special training.

She noted the proliferation of weaponized drones in the Ukraine and Iran wars and said that it is the one threat that “keeps me up at night.”

When asked whether there was a specific threat involving weaponized drones, Tisch declined to elaborate, but she said, “It would be a mistake to ignore the technology.”

The Justice Department is expected to issue new rules to allow local police departments to take down drones, which has largely been reserved for the FBI.

The World Cup is set to begin on June 11 in cities across North America. The championship match is scheduled for July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, just outside New York City.

World Cup-related events are to be held in New York City, including in Rockefeller Center. The city is also set to host several America 250 celebrations during the July 4th weekend, including Macy’s annual fireworks display.

Found on mainstream news.

ICE vehicle gets tire cut

Posted on by neversleep

May 22, 2026

Federal vehical NYJCD8996 was back and all fixed up, so on monday night I cut one of its tires. Since (frustratingly) I wasn’t able to get the other 3 tires (and since it came back after getting messed up before) I went back a few nights later but it seems like they moved it. Maybe it’ll show up somewhere else, if you see it fuck it up more I guess.

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A call to anarchists in NY:

Posted on by neversleep

In the next several weeks there is likely to be a surge of ICE enforcement in New York state and NYC. Although ICE has been operating with increased frequency in the city since last year, the DHS seceratary has now made clear they will be surging the city in response to some very tame anti-ice legislation that was passed in the recently .

This is an opportunity for anarchists to make clear the state of play here, and this anarchist thinks its important for ICE to meet organized and loud resistance from the jump. There is infrastructure here through the likes of community patrol and rapid response networks that allows for notification of active ice raids as well as more stationary ICE infrastructure that is throughout New York that is already known.

Its important that any confrontations with ICE are material from the jump. In Minneapolis though the surge there was met with a wide community response it was mostly led by liberal groups supporting the democratic state government. A surge in New York is an opportunity to address ICE presence in a way that actually works to decrease deportations long term and widen antogonistic struggle against the state here.

Liberal and radlib groups opposing ICE as well as likely the city government will be out doing what they do, and the only counter to that is direct action that pushes the confrontations beyond liberal capture & betrayal.

Tom Homan (DHS seceratary) has made clear that they will approach NYC from a different angle tactically to avoid the difficulties from the Minneapolis surge. That means we are much more likely to see large amounts of targeted warrant kidnappings as opposed to broad street sweeps, though that’s possible too.

Regardless of what form it takes anarchists in new York should take the opportunity to check in with friends, pack up their gear and be ready for what might happen soon. Keeping fellow New Yorkers safe means direct action, and that means being ready for that.

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Towing company from Jamaica, Queens rescues ICE

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On Saturday May 1st at Wyckoff Heights hospital a large crowd attempted to stop the deportation of a local man by ICE. As the feds attempted to leave the scene, several of their cars got fucked up. They were able to hobble most of the way back to Manhattan, but one of the cars did not make it and broke down on the Williamsburg Bridge. That car had flat tires, a smashed out back window and electrical problems. After several hours of trying to jumpstart the car and change its tires, the ICE agents began calling towing companies. The company that showed up is called Richmond Towing, and it’s located in Jamaica Queens.

Richmond Towing
+1 718 323 2576
106-16 148th St, Jamaica, NY 11435

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ICE Windshield Smashed During Protest in Bushwick

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May 3, 2026

maybe someone else will submit more of a report back, but for now, it was nice to see an ice vehicle’s windshield smashed by a skateboard, in bushwick saturday night.

“Exclusive video shows a protester break the back windshield of an ICE vehicle with a skateboard. This was in Bushwick last night as protesters gathered outside Wyckoff Hospital to protest the arrest of a Nigerian man who was taken to the hospital for evaluation after being detained by ‘force necessary to make the arrest.'”

spotted on local mainstream news’ social media: https://imginn.com/p/DX5CqPEPr2h/

ICE vehicle tail lights smashed, tires slashed

Posted on by neversleep

April 28, 2026

This past week a federal vehicle NYJCD8996 responsible for kidnapping our neighbors in an ICE raid was found and dealt with. Tires slashed, tailights smashed, and “FUCK ICE” message left in red paint. ICE thinks it’s safe go wherever it wants in the streets of NYC inflicting fear. Fuck that and inflict the fear back.

To ICE: You are not safe from the people. You will be held accountable. The people hold you accountable for lives you terrorize, destroy, and end. This is in retirbution for Aled Amien Carbonell-Betancourt, Alejandro Cabrera Clemente, Tuan Van Bui, Jose Gudalupe Ramos, Royer Perez Jimenez, Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, Emanuel Cleeford Damas, Pejman Najafabadi, Alberto Guttierrez Reyes, Jairo Garcia Hernandez, Lorth Sim, Victor Manuel Diaz, Heber Sanchez Dominguez, Parady La, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, Geraldo Lunas Campos, Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and Keith Porter Jr.

These are just names of those murdered by ICE in the first 4 months of this year. ICE has been detaining and murdering people for over 20 years. This is just a part of an interitance of vioelnce that is not new in the “United States”. These names echo the long legacy of “America” turning human beings in bodies to be contained, controlled, exploited, and exterminated. Private detention centers came from private prisons. And prison is a descendant of slavery, Jim Crow, indigenous “reservations”, and genocide. This is the legacy ICE sits in, the legacy of white supremacy.

And this white supremacist violent control does not stop at the borders. “USA” has a foreign policy defined by the overwhelming force of a bully who dehumanizes their enemy. The same way ICE treats human beings as disposable is playing out in bombs in Iran and Palestine. This is who “America” is. What happens abroad is a mirror of what we allow here. They will continue to do what we allow them to. So let’s stop allowing it.

“No soy un libertador. Los libertadores no existen. Son los pueblos quienes se liberan a si mismos.”
Stop ICE wherever they are. Find them and let them know that they can fuck off.

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Brooklyn Navy Yard #5: Drop Crye Precision!

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After being hit 4 times in 2025, Brooklyn Navy Yard stationed a security guard in a van in front of the entrance. They’re trying to deter action because they can’t ignore it, so we made this obstacle an opportunity. While we sprayed the building with red paint, we slashed a couple tires and smashed the building’s windows to amplify our message: Drop Crye Precision and all military contractors!

It is extremely overwhelming to watch ICE kidnap and kill our neighbors, while the US and israel bomb our people in Lebanon, Iran, and Palestine, all at once. Watching missiles finally hit israel is not even enough. We can’t just sit by, we must take action here in the imperial core! We haven’t slashed tires or smashed windows before this, but it is very doable! And Brooklyn Navy Yard is enabling and funding all the forever wars, at home and abroad, with publicly funded subsidies. Let’s build on the victory against Easy Aerial and keep the momentum going to get Crye Precision out!

Submitted anonymously.

March 9, 2026

DROP CRYE PRECISION NOW: Early this morning, a group of autonomous actionists targeted the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The city-owned complex still has an active lease with Crye Precision, a company that supplies the IOF and ICE with uniforms and tactical gear to carry out genocide abroad and kidnapping, raids, and murders in our communities. The actionists smashed windows and sprayed the facade with their demand: “DROP CRYE NOW.”

Outfitted in Crye Precision gear, US and israeli imperialists are escalating their reign of terror in Palestine, Iran, and Lebanon. As they continue to slaughter and displace Palestinian communities, they’re now bombing oil depots in Tehran, taking lives and covering the city in fire and toxic rain—a deadly act of chemical warfare with disastrous long-term effects. With New Yorkers’ tax dollars subsidizing this genocide supplier, we have a moral obligation not only to demand BNY terminate Crye’s lease, but to act in service of that demand until we force them out.

This necessary action comes on the heels of the historic eviction of drone manufacturer Easy Aerial, whose contract was not renewed on February 11, 2026. This victory proves that organized, consistent, strategic, multi-tactic campaigns are capable of enacting the will of the people. We must continue to fight, by any and all means necessary, until BNY drops Crye, until we shut down the supply chain of genocide, until the end of US imperialism and zionism and the liberation of the oppressed people of the world.

Follow @demilitarizebklynnavyyard to learn more about the campaign to Demilitarize the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Found on social media (https://imginn.com/p/DVreLUGGivH/).