The New Republic67%
Army Veteran Accused of Starting Fire at ICE Office in New York 72%
By Malcolm Ferguson73%
7/20/2026, 8:44:39 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 24 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 38.2% saturation with 104 hits. Analysis detected 808 faulty-reasoning hits from 272 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 65.1% and a BS Rank of 72% (5,408 of 18,913 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 71.40% of the article peer group.
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Army soldier Andrew Arrabaca is in custody after reportedly setting off fireworks and starting a fire outside of a New York federal building on Monday morning.
He is said to have had anti–Immigration and Customs Enforcement material and two pellet guns on his person.
A video shows the moment a suspect started a fire outside of 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, where a federal immigration court is located.
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Arrabaca, 43, was also accused of setting off fireworks outside the federal building.
Police said he carried a hammer, knives, and a machete along with the pellet gun when he was arrested.
FBI New York field director James Barnacle told the Associated Press that Arrabaca “came armed with bad intentions,” and is “an anti-American, anti-government extremist.”
“What occurred outside 26 Federal Plaza this morning was deeply disturbing.
I’m relieved no one was seriously injured and that a suspect is in custody,” New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on X.
“My team is in touch with the NYPD and we will support the federal investigation.
Our administration will continue to ensure that every New Yorker is safe in their city—and hold accountable any who threaten that.”
26 Federal Plaza houses the immigration court that has seen countless protests in President Trump’s second-term immigration crackdown.
Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and state Senators Jabari Brisport, Gustavo Rivera, and Julia Salazar have all been arrested while protesting there.
This comes after three men were killed in just seven days—either by ICE agents directly or while fleeing them.
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