The Courier offers video of Trump's ICE troops shooting Presbyterian minister David Black in the head with a pepper ball.

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Black and other clergy who have been protesting the threats being made against Chicago citizens are now suing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and noting that their religious freedom rights and free speech rights are being infringed.

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Dan Froomkin notes that "the moment agents shoot Black in the head is captured in this video. Black was also sprayed in the face the week before, as you can see in this dramatic photo taken by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times."

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"One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

'We could hear them laughing,' Black said."

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"'I invited them to repentance,' Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. 'I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come & receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.'

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows."

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