Dorset Street
Coverage of Dorset Street in the Nexus archive.
- The cumulative weight of standing there
South Burlington Deputy Police Chief Sean Briscoe's body camera footage captured his experience during a tense standoff between law enforcement and protesters outside a Vermont home raided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The footage, part of over 100 hours released by local and state police, reveals mundane police interactions alongside public anger directed at officers, highlighting the complex dynamics of immigration enforcement and community tensions.
- State police seeking ICE raid protester, even as earlier arrests yielded no charges
Vermont State Police are seeking a protester accused of damaging a police van and injuring a trooper during a March 2025 ICE raid protest in South Burlington. Despite six protesters being arrested for disorderly conduct and assault, a prosecutor declined to charge any of them, citing police actions as 'unacceptable' but potentially legal.