
Judge Imposes Strict Restrictions on Immigration Agents’ Use of Force
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“The use of force shocks the conscience,” U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis said.
Finding that federal immigration enforcement agents repeatedly used force that “shocks the conscience” and then lied about their actions, U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis issued a sweeping injunction Thursday designed to permanently rein in agents’ use of tear gas, pepper balls and other crowd control measures.
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Judge Imposes Strict Restrictions on Immigration Agents’ Use of Force
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Finding that federal immigration enforcement agents repeatedly used force that “shocks the conscience” and then lied about their actions, U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis issued a sweeping injunction Thursday designed to permanently rein in agents’ use of tear gas, pepper balls and other crowd control measures.
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>> First off tonight, a federal delivers a stinging rebuke over the actions of federal immigration agents in Chicago.
Us District Court Judge Sarah Ellis says the conduct of agents executing the Trump administration's operation Midway Blitz, quote, shocks the conscience as a result.
Judge Ellis today issued a sweeping injunction designed to permanently rain in agents use of tear gas, pepper and other crowd control measures or Haddock.
And Heather Sharon joins us now with more.
Heather, take us inside Judge Ellis, his courtroom that was at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse when she delivered this brought order.
She spoke from the bench for nearly 90 minutes.
Painstakingly detailing all of the instances she said where federal agents.
>> Indiscriminately used crowd control measures like tear gas, pepper and other uses of force against the people of Chicago for doing nothing more than exercising their First Amendment rights and that includes 2 speech assembly and to the practice of religion.
Now she said that the government had been completely incredible in what they told hers.
And she said, quote, the government would have people believe instead that the Chicago land area is ice hold of violence ransacked by rioters and attacked by.
tater that simply is untrue.
And the government's own evidence in this case, lies that assertion.
Okay.
Judge Ellis, she also had some particularly sharp words for Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, who has >> become the face of the president's mass deportation effort saying that he lied.
What about she singled out 2 instances when he directly used force against the people of Chicago.
The first was on October 23rd when he fired tear gas at a crowd that it's had assembled in Little Village, which is, of course, the heart of Chicago's Mexican American community.
>> He said that he had been struck in the head with a rock before he fired tear gas at the crowd.
Well, you know, it did during his sworn deposition that he was not struck with a rock and he said during that deposition, but he acknowledged he had lied in the second instance during that deposition, he watched a video of himself tackling a protester outside the Broadview ice facility even after watching that video during the deposition, he said that he had not used force against that protester.
A claim that Judge Ellis clearly found simply incredible, incredible.
And of course, to be clear, when we say incredible, we're That's amazing.
was in.
The judge did not believe it down to to not be credible.
>> She's not the only judge, though, to have found federal agents testimony, not credible.
Remind us of these other cases, Judge U.S.
Jet District Court Judge April Perry, who's overseeing the case challenging the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops into Chicago said that the testimony she has heard from federal agents was simply unreliable.
And in a 3rd case just this week, Judge Robert Gettleman dismissed federal agents testimony that the people being held at that Broadview ICE facility were being well taken care of.
Instead, he said it had turned into a prison with unspeakably cruel condition, slot of cases to keep up with for here.
What happens next, Now the Trump administration told me they will immediately appeal.
Judge Ellis is order calling her an act.
That judge would put the safety of law enforcement agents at risk.
Judge Ellis, no doubt anticipated that appeal.
She said all she is asking the Trump administration to do simply follow the Constitution and allow the people Chicago to exercise their First Amendment rights.
thank you so much.
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