Brad Lander tears up after judge finds him not guilty of federal ‘violation’ in ICE center arrest

Source: New York Post

Brad Lander shed a tear Thursday after a judge cleared the congressional hopeful of a low-level charge of “unreasonably” blocking an elevator during a protest last year at a federal immigration detention center in Manhattan. “I’m genuinely moved by the rule of law,” the 56-year-old former city comptroller told reporters as he choked up outside Manhattan federal court, clad in a gray suit and New York Knicks cap that still had a sticker on the brim. “What a blessing to live in a country where if the government arrests you and charges you with something, you can count on the ability to go in and make the government prove its case,” added the gleeful pol.