--- title: Newark Water Crisis Protestors Arrested Outside the VMAs description: Police in Newark made several arrests outside the MTV Video Music Awards after protesters gathered to bring attention to the lead contamination. canonical: https://time.com/5662239/newark-vmas-lead-water-protests/ author: Josiah Bates article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-08-27T01:47:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T07:15:09.708Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Several Arrested Outside MTV VMAs in Newark After Protests Over Lead in City's Water og:description: Dozens or protestors made their way to the Prudential Center in downtown Newark on Monday. og:url: https://time.com/5662239/newark-vmas-lead-water-protests/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32803c04cdca3d73/698a01f8929fad6794bf4d1f/newark-protests-mtv-vmas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Protesters Arrested Outside MTV VMAs in Newark og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Several Arrested Outside MTV VMAs in Newark After Protests Over Lead in City's Water twitter:description: Dozens or protestors made their way to the Prudential Center in downtown Newark on Monday. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32803c04cdca3d73/698a01f8929fad6794bf4d1f/newark-protests-mtv-vmas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Several Arrested Outside MTV VMAs in Newark After Protests Over Lead in City's Water > Sponsored content. 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The protesters were trying to call attention to the lead contamination in Newark's drinking water.Charles Sykes—Charles Sykes/Invision/AP by [Josiah Bates](https://time.com/author/josiah-bates/) ## Josiah Bates Josiah Bates is a criminal justice reporter and a former TIME staff writer. He currently works for The Trace. Aug 27, 2019 1:47 AM UTC Police in Newark made several arrests outside the MTV Video Music Awards on Monday after protesters gathered to bring attention to the [lead contamination](https://time.com/5653115/newark-water-crisis/) in the city’s water supply. Police said the arrests came after some protesters attempted to enter a secure area of the star-studded event. Many residents in New Jersey’s largest city have been dealing with high levels of lead in their water supply for more than two years, which has led to people being asked to use bottle water as city officials and federal authorities search for a solution. The high lead levels are caused by the metal in the service plumbing lines wearing away. Dozens of protesters made their way to the Prudential Center in downtown Newark on Monday, where celebrities including Taylor Swift, Cardi B, Lil Nas X and [Megan Thee Stallion](https://time.com/5648188/lizzo-megan-thee-stallion-hot-girl-summer-video/) walked the red carpet. Chants of “We don’t want no MTV, we want our water lead free” were heard during the gathering according to the [New Jersey _Star-Ledger_](https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/08/protestors-flood-streets-as-newark-hosts-the-vmas.html). “We had some good chants, a lot of good energy and raised a lot of good politics,” Al Moussab, the president of the Newark Education Workers Caucus, who attended the protest tells TIME. Newark’s Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a statement that “out of towners” came to Newark to try to disrupt the event, which was being broadcast to the world. “They were dealt with swiftly and without incident, thanks to the professionalism and preparedness of our officers,” he said. Moussab estimates 125 people, including some from his Newark-based group, attended the protest. Photos and videos of the protests were posted on social media that showed people walking with signs and chanting against the water crisis, as well as the officer who were present, calling them “racist police.” > [](https://twitter.com/StopMotionsolo/status/1166130824837828608) > [](https://twitter.com/AmyKup/status/1166124018103201792) On Monday, Newark announced that the city will borrow $120 million to speed up the amount of time it will take to replace the pipes that are causing the high lead levels, the Associated Press reported. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5662239/newark-vmas-lead-water-protests/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5662239/newark-vmas-lead-water-protests/"},"headline":"Several Arrested Outside MTV VMAs in Newark After Protests Over Lead in City's Water","datePublished":"2019-08-27T01:47:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T07:15:09.708Z","description":"Many residents in Newark have been dealing with high levels of lead in their water supply for over two years, which has led to people being asked to use bottle water as city officials and federal authorities search for a solution","url":"https://time.com/5662239/newark-vmas-lead-water-protests/","keywords":["New Jersey","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32803c04cdca3d73/698a01f8929fad6794bf4d1f/newark-protests-mtv-vmas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Josiah Bates","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/josiah-bates/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32803c04cdca3d73/698a01f8929fad6794bf4d1f/newark-protests-mtv-vmas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Protesters Arrested Outside MTV VMAs in Newark","caption":"Protesters Arrested Outside MTV VMAs in Newark","creditText":"Charles Sykes—Charles Sykes/Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/new-jersey/","name":"New Jersey"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5662239/newark-vmas-lead-water-protests/","name":"Several Arrested Outside MTV VMAs in Newark After Protests Over Lead in City's Water"}}]}] ```