Chicago news organizations sue ICE over alleged excessive force at protests

Chicago news organizations sue ICE over alleged excessive force at protests

The Chicago News Guild on Monday joined other news organizations that have sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in connection with allegations of excessive force used on journalists at recent protests in the area. “As a labor union, we fight to protect the health and safety of our…

Block Club Chicago, News Organizations Sue Feds Over First Amendment Violations – Block Club Chicago

The lawsuit seeks an injunction to bar federal agents from, among other things, indiscriminately using chemical weapons against journalists, asserting their First Amendment right to report.

Block Club Chicago, News Organizations Sue Feds Over First Amendment Violations

Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray bullets and tear-gassed while covering protests outside the Broadview ICE facility. A judge heard arguments at an emergency hearing Monday.

ICE violence caught on camera featured among evidence in new lawsuit

Rachel Maddow relays reports of a brutal, militaristic raid on an apartment building in Chicago, and shares video included as exhibits in a new lawsuit showing ICE agents violently attacking a Presbyterian minister among protesters outside of an ICE facility, at one point shooting him in the head with what appears to be a pepper ball.

Journalists, unions sue ICE, DHS alleging 'extreme force' during Broadview detention center protests

Chicago journalists and unions have sued U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security, alleging the federal government has used "extreme force" against reporters and TV crews during protests in Broadview.

Lawsuit Against ICE's Brutality Against Press, Protesters

Media organizations, journalists, clergy, and citizens in the Chicagoland area sued officials in President Donald Trump’s administration for systematically violating their First Amendment rights. To protect the constitutional rights of journalists and residents engaged in freedom of expression and assembly and freedom of the press, the plaintiffs seek an emergency order to prevent Trump administration officials, like Homeland Security Secretary …