FROM DAILY CALLER: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other left-wing legal groups claimed in court Thursday that using crowd control gas was not justified to disperse a crowd allegedly throwing rocks and fireworks at law enforcement.
Protesters blocked immigration agents’ path on a road in Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday morning and began throwing hard objects until “chemical munitions” were used to repel them, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a Friday X post. Lawyers argued law enforcement acted “without justification” in a court filing from their ongoing lawsuit against the Trump administration’s handling of anti-deportation protests.
The court motion referenced an image purportedly from the incident that appeared to show a Border Patrol official throwing a silver canister but did not mention any alleged violence against federal agents. The document also linked to 12 minutes of shaky video footage of a crowd confronting agents and calling them “terrorists” and “kidnappers.” Lawyers claimed the gas’ use violated an Oct. 17 court order from the protest case that prohibited law enforcement from using such methods against demonstrators in the Northern District of Illinois, with exceptions for when agents’ safety is in jeopardy.
“[We] wanted to bring it to the Court’s attention as soon as possible given the flagrancy of the apparent violation,” attorneys wrote Thursday in a request for Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis to take any action she “deems proper.”
According to the DHS, protesters blocked agents with a truck and “shot at agents with commercial artillery shell fireworks.”
“Agents properly used their training,” the DHS said. “The use of chemical munitions was conducted in full accordance with CBP policy and was necessary to ensure the safety of both law enforcement and the public.”
SHAMEFUL propaganda from @CNN—continuing to provide air cover for anti-ICE anarchists ATTACKING American law enforcement.
Here are the FACTS: A mob of RIOTERS shot at our agents with commercial artillery shell fireworks and struck Chief Greg Bovino in the head. Thankfully, he… pic.twitter.com/6HESa57aTe
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) October 24, 2025
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