Video captures moment federal agents threw irritants into car with baby inside

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‘…1-year-old #child #pepper_sprayed by federal agents… At a news conference Sunday…Rafael Veraza said his family was on its way to buy groceries at a Cicero Sam’s Club when they heard whistles & sirens.
Veraza attempted to leave the Sam’s Club parking lot when a federal agent drove alongside the line of cars exiting, spraying chemical irritants through open windows & striking occupants — including Veraza’s 1-year-old daughter….’ | Chicago Sun-Times https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/09/1-year-old-pepper-sprayed-by-federal-agent-in-cicero #excessiveforce #law
1-year-old, pepper sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'

Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam's Club on Saturday morning. The action appears to violate a judge's restriction on use of force.

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#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.

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“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.

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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.

“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.”

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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.

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“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.

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“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.”

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#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.

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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/chicago-woman-collision-ice-accountability/