"Sara Ellis, a US district judge, who had previously required immigration agents to wear badges and banned them from using riot-control techniques such as tear gas without warning, railed on Thursday against the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) continued aggressive tactics, many of which have been caught on camera, and which appear to violate her order. I live in Chicago if folks haven't noticed, she said on Thursday."
"On Tuesday, after federal agents led a car chase and caused a multi-car collision, protesters chanted Ice go home and threw objects at the agents, who, seemingly without warning, threw tear gas in the direction of the protesters and 13 Chicago police officers who were also on the scene. Elsewhere on Tuesday, a masked agent cursed at protesters, ordering them to back away while pinning a 19-year-old, Warren King, to the sidewalk,"
A federal judge ordered Chicago-area immigration officers to wear body cameras following repeated uses of pepper balls, smoke grenades and tear gas that appeared to violate a prior ban on riot-control techniques without warning. The judge had earlier required agents to wear badges and expressed concern after seeing images and reports of continued aggressive tactics by DHS. Chicago has become a focal point of a mass deportation campaign with forceful federal enforcement led by ICE and other agencies. Local residents organized to prevent arrests while DHS defended its actions as reasonable and constitutional. Incidents included a car chase causing a multi-car collision and tear gas thrown toward protesters and Chicago police, and a masked agent pinning a 19-year-old, Warren King, to the sidewalk.
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