Overview
- About 35 Quakertown Senior High students left campus Friday for an anti-ICE walkout after the school canceled the planned protest that morning.
- Bystander videos show a man in civilian clothes grabbing a teen girl in a chokehold; multiple outlets have reported he is Chief Scott McElree, who has not responded to requests for comment.
- Quakertown Police say five students and one adult were detained, alleging teens blocked traffic, threw snowballs and kicked cars, while officials have released few specifics on charges.
- The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office has opened an independent review and is seeking community video and photos, with juvenile records limiting public details.
- Community groups rallied outside the police station, a Change.org petition urging McElree’s resignation topped 4,000 signatures, and the borough council may take up the matter at a Monday work session, though court proceedings could be delayed by a storm-related closure.