Overview
- Nearly four dozen body-worn camera videos ordered public show agents firing tear gas, stun grenades and pepper balls at protesters in Broadview with little or no warning, contradicting official reports.
- Judge Sara Ellis’s opinion details an Oct. 14 pursuit where an agent executed a PIT maneuver that caused a crash after stating on camera, "I’m not certified, bro."
- Ellis found Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino gave shifting explanations for deploying tear gas in Little Village, with bodycam audio capturing directives to "deploy f---ing gas."
- The Seventh Circuit stayed Ellis’s preliminary injunction as overbroad pending appeal, as DHS maintains its actions were justified.
- Ellis noted at least one agent used ChatGPT to draft a use-of-force report, a practice she said further undermines the reliability of DHS records.