More than two weeks have passed since an impromptu march across the Roebling Suspension Bridge between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, devolved into utter chaos. Scenes of protesters tased, beaten and wrestled to the ground by local law enforcement during arrests marked a gruesome end to an otherwise peaceful night advocating for the release of a beloved local faith leader and imam who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“I thought people were going to die that day,” said Tala Ali, a chairperson of the Clifton Mosque in Cincinnati and a trained protest marshal. She told Salon that Covington police refused to talk to her when she attempted to communicate with them about dispersing the crowd. She also claimed they jammed a less-lethal weapon that resembled a rifl

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