Overview
- Judge Erica Reddick, after Monday’s hearing, moved her decision to May 21 to consider supplemental briefs and the Illinois Accountability Commission’s report.
- A coalition with hundreds of signatories, including elected officials, clergy and community groups, is seeking a court‑appointed special prosecutor to investigate alleged crimes by federal immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz.
- The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office opposes the request, calling it frivolous, and argues Illinois precedent requires law enforcement to lead investigations before prosecutors weigh charges.
- Reddick pressed prosecutors on whether their February protocol blocks nonviolent counts such as conspiracy or perjury, and Assistant State’s Attorney Yvette Loizon said it does not.
- The Illinois Accountability Commission’s April 30 report alleged repeated excessive force and highlighted shootings of Marimar Martinez and Silverio Villegas González, and state police have opened an investigation into Villegas González’s death in Franklin Park.