US EditionJudge will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against protesters and media
- Thursday, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis called out Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino for lying and issued a preliminary injunction against federal force in Chicago, granting `complete relief` to residents accusing DHS of `extreme brutality`.
- Bovino admitted in deposition that he lied about being struck by a rock before deploying tear gas, and courtroom video evidence disproved the false claim used to justify force in Little Village earlier this month.
- Ellis's order requires officers in the field to give two explicit warnings before chemical crowd control and mandates body-worn cameras and clear identification, DOJ lawyer and Jon Seidel confirmed Bovino now wears one.
- The injunction forbids force against protesters and journalists unless objectively necessary to stop an immediate threat; Rev. David Black and Governor JB Pritzker praised the ruling for protecting free speech and peaceful assembly.
- Advocates noted video evidence of agent assaults on people holding cameras and warned DHS falsehoods and ICE escalations could trigger unprovoked live ammunition use.
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Judge Rips Border Patrol Commander For Lying About Chicago
Source: The Washington Post / Getty U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino just can’t seem to stay out of the hot seat in federal court. While Bovino boasts about the more than 3,000 arrests that have been made since the start of “Operation Midway Blitz” — the immigration crackdown in Chicago that has largely proven to be more of a series of human rights violations than it has an agenda to save the city from “criminal illegal al…
Judge says Trump border commander lied to court about use of force incident
ABC News reports the Border Patrol official in charge of Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago admitted to lying about a thrown rock before launching tear gas at protesters.U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said Thursday that Patrol Commander Greg Bovino fabricated claims about the Oct. 23 incident, which was caught on camera with Bovino throwing a gas canister at demonstrators in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood without giving a verbal war…
Obama Judge Again Takes Control of Federal Officers in Chicago
On Thursday, Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, appointed by Barack Obama, issued a TRO against Border Chief Bovino. She said during a hearing that government witnesses’ claims of violence at protests in Chicago were not credible, citing several occasions where she said video recordings contradicted immigration officials’ accounts about what happened. She has even […] The post Obama Judge Again Takes Control of Federal Officers in C…
Judge issues injunction on DHS use of force
What happenedU.S. District Judge Sara Ellis Thursday issued a heavily anticipated injunction against the Department of Homeland Security’s use of force during Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Her ruling bars DHS agents from using tear gas and other crowd-control weapons unless doing so would be “necessary” to stop the “immediate threat of physical harm.”Who said whatThe injunction refines and “extends” the temporary restrictions Ellis put in p…
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