What Janet Reitman has said about Prairieland Detention Center shooting
3 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 27, 2026
Janet Reitman, New York Times journalist covering national security and extremism; author of The Inheritance, has been quoted on Prairieland Detention Center shooting 3 times in 1 episode of The Daily, most recently on October 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Reitman reports that Ben Song proposed taking the facility using suppressive fire, an idea the group rejected.
“And he says, oh, no, no, no, we're going to lay down suppressive fire. It's just suppressive fire”
The Daily: They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism. (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 14:09
Reitman reports Ben Song received 100 years although Lieutenant Gross's injury was minor.
“Ben Song, who shot at Lieutenant Gross, was given a sentence of 100 years. And Lieutenant Gross's injury was relatively minor”
The Daily: They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism. (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 38:46
Reitman disputes that the jury was unsympathetic, saying jurors were boxed in by the terrorism framing.
“I don't even think this was an unsympathetic jury”
The Daily: They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism. (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 40:31
Episodes
They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism.The Daily · Oct 27, 2026 · 47 min
Michael Barbaro and Janet Reitman examine the Prairieland case, the first federal terrorism prosecution of American protesters, labeled an Antifa cell after an ICE protest shooting.
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- Brian Bouffard · 2 quotes
- Ed Kent · 1 quote
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