NonilexNov 20

Because they lied & were the aggressors like every other time…

In a striking reversal by the #Trump admin, prosecutors filed a motion Thursday to dismiss federal charges against a woman shot by a #CBP agent in #Chicago after “allegedly” ramming into his car, court documents show.

#law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/us/chicago-marimar-martinez-shooting-charges

Prosecutors move to dismiss charges against Chicago woman shot after being accused of ramming car at law enforcement vehicle

In a striking reversal by the US government, prosecutors filed a motion Thursday to dismiss federal charges against a woman shot by a Customs and Border Protection agent in Chicago after allegedly ramming into his car, court documents show.

CNN
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Marimar Martinez, a 30-yr-old #US #citizen, & her co-defendant, Anthony Ruiz—who was driving a different vehicle—had entered not guilty pleas to a federal charge of assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.

The unprecedented move marks the latest development in a high-profile case that garnered public scrutiny & left a federal judge skeptical of how the investigation was handled.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #ICE #CBP

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Defense attorneys for the pair have been aggressively challenging evidence & sought a speedy trial.

The motion from assistant #USattorneys Ronald DeWald & Aaron Bond did not explain the decision. A US attorney’s office spox did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Tyranny #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/20/operation-midway-blitz-marimar-martinez-anthony-ruiz-us-supreme-court-feds-drop-case-against-woman-shot-by-border-patrol-agent-in-brighton-park

Feds drop case against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Brighton Park

It's one of the most high-profile prosecutions to result from the Trump administration's "Operation Midway Blitz." Defense attorneys have been aggressively challenging evidence and sought a speedy trial.

Chicago Sun-Times
Nov 20 at 5:22pmWeb
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US Dist Judge Georgia Alexakis heard testimony 2 eks ago about what happened after the Oct 4 incident in Brighton Park, which led to a standoff between protesters and federal agents who deployed #PepperSpray balls & #TearGas into the crowd.

Solicitor General John Sauer has also pointed to it while arguing #SCOTUS should let #Trump deploy #NationalGuard troops to #Chicago [these Trump attys🙄].

#law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #Tyranny #ICE #CBP

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Martinez, 30, and Ruiz, 21, faced an assault charge for allegedly tailing a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by #CBP agent Charles Exum, boxing it in & ultimately colliding with it.

Prosecutors alleged that Martinez drove a Nissan Rogue that side-swiped Exum’s Tahoe. Ruiz allegedly drove a GMC Envoy that struck its rear right end.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE

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Exum opened fire on Martinez, who suffered 7 gunshot wounds. Exum bragged about it in texts later, writing to friends in a “support group” that, “I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”

Redacted versions of those msgs were made public during a Nov 5 hearing in Alexakis’ courtroom. But Monday, she wrote on the court docket that she’d since reviewed unredacted copies. She had a meeting with govt counsel afterward.

#Trump #Chicago #law #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP

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The judge told the feds to “promptly” deliver additional text messages to the defendants, acc/to the docket.

Martinez atty Chris Parente also raised questions about the feds’ handling of Exum’s Tahoe, calling it the “centerpiece” of the dispute over what happened in Brighton Park.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP

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Exum testified Nov 5 about what happened after the shooting.

The #FBI seized the Rogue, Envoy & Tahoe. But it released only the Tahoe after taking photos & processing it for #evidence.

🚨Exum then drove the vehicle more than 1,000 miles, between Oct 8 & 10, back to his #BorderPatrol station in Maine. He parked it inside a garage, he said.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP

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About a week later, he got a call from an #FBI agent asking if any work had been done on the car. He said no. But Exum said he later checked on the car & noticed it had been moved to another part of the garage—& that the black scuff marks were buffed out. [destruction of evidence]

Exum emailed the #CBP agents at his Maine station, as well as their mechanic, informing them not to move the car. He also noted the FBI questioned why the scuff marks were removed.

#Trump #Chicago #law #UseOfForce

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Exum’s boss, dpy #CBP agent Kevin Kellenberger, told Exum in another email that it was his idea to have the scuff marks buffed out. Kellenberger wrote that he thought the Tahoe had undergone all necessary processing for #evidence. [idiots]

“If they needed it as evidence I did not think they would have released it from the investigation, had you drive three days all the way back to Maine, possibly destroying some of that evidence along the way,” Kellenberger’s email reads.

#Trump #Chicago #law

Show threadNonya BidnissJan 8
@Nonilex Or, maybe there weren't any scuff marks because she never hit his vehicle 🤷