#excessiveforce

2025-11-25

#Deposition of #BorderPatrol Cmdr #GregBovino went off the rails at hello, transcript shows

The recent deposition of #CBP Cmdr #Bovino about the #UseOfForce by his #immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz” seemed to go off the rails the minute they said “hello.”

#Trump #Chicago #law #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/

2025-11-20

Martinez, 30, and Ruiz, 21, faced an assault charge for allegedly tailing a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by #CBP agent Charles Exum, boxing it in & ultimately colliding with it.

Prosecutors alleged that Martinez drove a Nissan Rogue that side-swiped Exum’s Tahoe. Ruiz allegedly drove a GMC Envoy that struck its rear right end.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE

2025-11-20

Defense attorneys for the pair have been aggressively challenging evidence & sought a speedy trial.

The motion from assistant #USattorneys Ronald DeWald & Aaron Bond did not explain the decision. A US attorney’s office spox did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Tyranny #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo
chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati

2025-11-20

Because they lied & were the aggressors like every other time…

In a striking reversal by the #Trump admin, prosecutors filed a motion Thursday to dismiss federal charges against a woman shot by a #CBP agent in #Chicago after “allegedly” ramming into his car, court documents show.

#law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
cnn.com/2025/11/20/us/chicago-

2025-11-19

After hearing testimony from #protest attendees & federal #immigration agents, Ellis said that the government’s assertions that its agents faced uncontrolled violence were not credible. She cited multiple examples where she said federal agents #lied about protesters' conduct.

#Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality

2025-11-19

The #7thCircuit Court of Appeals granted the #Trump admin’s emergency request to pause the order, which required federal #immigration agents to give warnings before deploying #TearGas & other #weapons. The order had also barred agents from arresting or dispersing #journalists & required them to wear #BodyCameras & clear #identification.

#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality

2025-11-19

WTAF?

US appeals court halts order limiting #immigration agents' response to #Chicago #protests

A US court on Wednesday paused a judge’s order that restricted when federal immigration agents can use #TearGas & other anti-riot weapons on Chicago area #residents, #journalists & #clergy members protesting the #Trump admin’s immigration crackdown in the city.

#law #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality
reuters.com/legal/government/u

2025-11-11

#DHS would not comment on the specific incident, instead sending a similar statement to one it sent the day before in response to inquiries about its campaign in Little Village Saturday — where shots were *allegedly* fired at agents, acc/to DHS, multiple people were arrested after residents responded to agents detaining people.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy

2025-11-11

“I didn’t have to go through this, & my daughter didn’t have to go through this,” Veraza said. “We aren’t protesters, we weren’t going after them, we weren’t attacking them.”

Veraza said his family is considering legal action to help pay for specialist care that he said his daughter now requires.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy

StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎stacescases2.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
2025-11-07

Video of #ICE "agents" using excessive force on peaceful protesters in #Portland used as evidence during Federal trial this week. #PortlandPolice testified that they observed ICE using #excessiveforce that was unwarranted.

2025-11-06

“It’s about their practices targeting #journalists, targeting #clergy & people exercising their constitutional rights,” said Craig Futterman, atty for the #media orgs. “We have #children, #parents & #grandparents who will forever be afraid to exercise their very rights that make this country great, assaulted by the very people assigned to protect those freedoms.”

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #CivilRights #ICE #CBP

2025-11-06

Attorneys for the plaintiffs told Ellis that federal agents repeatedly & brazenly violated the constitutional rights of #protesters & #journalists during aggressive #immigration raids, which began 2 months ago.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

2025-11-06

“The agent then yelled ‘throw another one’ & prepared a second canister,” acc/to a filing by attorneys for the plaintiffs. “Similarly, one agent told another, ‘Hey, throw it (#TearGas) for fun.’”

Video of both incidents did not capture agents ordering the crowd to disperse or warning that they were going to deploy #ChemicalAgents, as required by Ellis’ order.

#Trump #Chicago #law #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #fascism #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

2025-11-06

“The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vice hold of violence, ransacked by rioters & attacked by agitators,” Ellis said Thursday before announcing her ruling. “That simply is untrue. And the government’s own evidence in this case belies that assertion.”

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

2025-11-04

#Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with #ICE demands accountability

Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to get coffee before heading to work when she encountered a chaotic scene in West Town: heavily #armed, #masked federal agents making arrests on a residential street.

#Trump #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/

2025-11-04

For the second time in a little over a week, #ICE officers reportedly shot someone in #LosAngeles, #California. This time, it was a #US #citizen who ICE officers shot from behind while he was driving a car, acc/to a report from the Los Angeles Times.

The victim was a 25-yr-old named Carlos Jimenez, who is a father of 3.

#Trump #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #Gestapo #WhiteSupremacy
latimes.com/california/story/2

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