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Judge orders agents in #Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

Federal #immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear #BodyCameras, a judge ordered Thursday after seeing #TearGas & other aggressive steps used against #protesters.

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https://apnews.com/article/chicago-immigration-crackdown-judge-d5414dffbbd9380f95211c2c18d653d2?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-16-Breaking+News

Judge says she wants ICE agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

A judge says she will require federal immigration officers in the Chicago area to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas used against protesters. Federal Judge Sara Ellis also ordered a senior official to court next week to talk about an enforcement operation that has led to more than 1,000 arrests. Ellis says she was a “little startled” after seeing TV images of clashes between agents and the public during President Donald Trump's administration’s immigration crackdown. Ellis says it seems her earlier order related to handling encounters with protesters isn't being followed, and she wants to talk with both sides next week about the use of body cameras. A lawyer for the government says media reports have been “one-sided.”

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US District Judge Sara Ellis said she was a “little startled” after seeing TV images of clashes between agents & the public during #Trump’s #immigration crackdown.

“I live in #Chicago if folks haven’t noticed,” she said. “And I’m not blind, right?”

Ellis last week said agents in the area must wear badges, & she banned them from using certain riot control techniques against peaceful #protesters & #journalists.

#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

“I’m getting images and seeing images on the news, in the paper, reading reports where I’m having concerns about my order being followed,” the judge said.

Sean Skedzielewski, an attorney representing the government, [lying] laid blame with “one-sided & selectively edited media reports.”

#Trump #Chicago #law #judiciary #immigration #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #Tyranny #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #PoliceBrutality #MilitaryState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

Judge hauling #ICE official into court as aggressive tactics continue despite her #CourtOrder: 'I'm not blind'

A week ago, a federal judge forbade agents from using #TearGas & other “riot control” weapons without warning in #Chicago as they carried out #Trump’s #deportation blitz.

#law #judiciary #immigration #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #fascism #Tyranny #PoliceBrutality #CBP #Gestapo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/16/judge-hauling-ice-official-into-court-as-aggressive-tactics-continue-despite-her-order-im-not-blind

Judge orders ICE official into court as aggressive tactics continue despite her ruling: 'I'm not blind'

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis tells federal immigration agents to wear body cameras and asks an ICE official to explain "why I am seeing images of tear gas … [with] no warnings given." A Trump lawyer says the reports are inaccurate.

Chicago Sun-Times

That same judge took the bench early Thursday at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, where she told one of Trump’s lawyers, bluntly, “I’m not blind.”

US District Judge Sara Ellis cited reports in the #Chicago Sun-Times & other media that have given her “serious concerns” about whether the #Trump admin has followed her #CourtOrder in recent days.

#law #judiciary #immigration #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #Tyranny #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Gestapo

Then Judge Ellis insisted that Russell Hott, director of ICE’s #Chicago field office, appear in her courtroom Monday to clarify what’s going on.

“The field director is going to explain to me why I am seeing images of #TearGas being deployed & reading reports that there were no warnings given before it was deployed,” Ellis said.

#Trump #law #immigration #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung

Ellis also said she would be modifying the #TRO she entered last week to require #BodyCameras on #ICE agents carrying out #Trump’s so-called “Operation Midway Blitz.” Details of that modification still needed to be ironed out.

Though the judge called the early morning hearing herself, the case has been closely watched following the use of #TearGas Sunday in #AlbanyPark & in a residential neighborhood on the SE side of #Chicago Tuesday following a chase where feds rammed an SUV.

#law #judiciary

In both instances, a crowd of onlookers gathered to #protest the agents.

Plaintiffs in the case include #media orgs such as the #Chicago Headline Club, Block Club Chicago, & the Chicago Newspaper Guild, which represents #journalists who work at the Chicago Sun-Times.

Case page:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559589/chicago-headline-club-v-noem/

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The plaintiffs’ lawyers wrote in a court filing late Wednesday that “officers appear to be using #violence, #TearGas, & other #munitions against #protesters & journalists. Young #children & even #babies appear to have been subjected to the indiscriminate use of tear gas” by federal officers.

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Still, they told the judge that the #Trump admin doesn’t believe her #CourtOrder has been violated “at all.” And during Thursday’s hearing, #DOJ lawyer Sean Skedzielewski insisted that reporting on the #AlbanyPark incident “is just inaccurate.”

Witnesses said they heard no warning before the use of #TearGas in Albany Park, & no warnings can be heard on #videos of the incident showing the scene leading up to the gas being thrown in the middle of a residential street.

#law #judiciary #Chicago

But Ellis then asked about the incident on the Southeast Side, in which local security cameras captured agents intentionally crashing into a car in a risky maneuver restricted by some #police departments nationwide.

Ellis told Skedzielewski, “We’re not on the #border. We are in an #urban, densely populated area.” And, she said, “There’s a reason the #Chicago Police Department has policies.”

#Trump #law #judiciary #RecklessEndangerment #PoliceBrutality #RightToProtest #CivilRights #ICE #CBP

The judge went on to explain that the use of #BodyCameras by agents would help sort out any confusion about what happened. Unlike cell phone cameras that are often whipped out after something occurs, body cameras “pick up events before the triggering event happens,” she said.

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But Skedzielewski said #BodyCameras have not been rolled out for #ICE officers in the #Chicago area, & he complained about the logistics of sorting through those videos every time an alleged incident occurs.

Ellis told him, “there’s, you know, a simple way to not have to do that though, right?”

After a long pause, Skedzielewski insisted that, “I think we’re going to enforce federal law.” [Which sounds a lot like a threat]

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Ultimately, the judge asked Skedzielewski to work out a modified order with the plaintiffs’ lawyers. And, she said, “if everybody kind of follows what’s outlined in this [temporary restraining order], conforms their decisions & behavior to what the #Constitution demands, then, you know, all copacetic.”

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@Nonilex Copacetic. Yeah, it'd be cool if you stopped kidnapping people off the streets and out of buildings and denying them due process. The cameras are in the order because you're lying to us now, and will definitely lie about why you're tear gassing babies in residential neighborhoods. So... wear 'em.

Good translation

Geeden_Of_Arden Oct 16

@Nonilex And why has no one else besides Cali asked to remove masks?@log

@Bon_Jardin @Nonilex Because they all look like thumbs sticking out of a shirt collar anyway?

BlueDot🇺🇦Oct 16

The use of the phrase "violent clashes" in the headline suggests a two-sided fight.

This was one-sided violence directed at peaceful protesters.

Michael Slade Oct 16

@Nonilex With all the money ICE has they could follow each group with a film crew. Oh, I forgot, that’s reserved for Noem.

KanaMauna Oct 16

Standard for real law enforcement agencies for many years now.

Judge Ellis is what I expect from our judicial system.

cognitively accessible math Oct 16

@noondlyt @Nonilex Now, if only she knows some other folks who have ethics too!!!

@geonz @Nonilex

Mmomentum builds behind someone like this.No Kings is perfect timing to have the spotlight on her.

cognitively accessible math Oct 16

@noondlyt @Nonilex (( there's just that painful question: can she follow through? ))

@geonz @Nonilex
Only if she isn't alone.

@geonz @Nonilex

7th District Upheld the TRO so there's a not insignificant start.

K.N. Brindle (they/them)Oct 16

@noondlyt @geonz @Nonilex

Until handcuffs are involved, I won't be holding my breath. They've shown repeatedly that they have no intention of following the law.

cognitively accessible math Oct 17

@knbrindle Me, too. This is also very objective: body cameras. It would be LOSING a battle, even if they managed to have them turned off when it mattered.

K.N. Brindle (they/them)Oct 17

@geonz but, they just won’t wear them. They’re already breaking the law. Why wouldn’t they just ignore this too?

cognitively accessible math Oct 17

@knbrindle I agree. They are *not* going to take an L.

cognitively accessible math Oct 17

@knbrindle (and even if handcuffs are involved, it would be the minions.)

K.N. Brindle (they/them)Oct 17

@geonz it’s a start. Lock up enough of the minions, and the fuckers will actually start to think twice before signing up to be more minions.

cognitively accessible math Oct 17

@knbrindle Yes, and that would give me some hope.
But like you, I am not holding my breath. I *am* sayin' my prayers.