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Federal law enforcement agents took a demonstrator into custody outside the Broadview detention center on September 26, 2025. Demonstrators were battered with stinger ball grenades, pepper balls, tear gas, and baton rounds.

Melissa Gira Grant

The DOJ’s No-Holds-Barred Mission to Quell ICE Protest

The failed case against Chicago’s Broadview Six shows a federal government willing to go to almost any lengths to punish people for showing up for their neighbors.