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Chase Involving Federal Agents Led to a Crash and Angry Community Response in Chicago
Federal agents pursued a red SUV leading to a crash and deployment of tear gas after objects were thrown, with at least three people taken into custody, officials said.
- Federal agents conducted multiple chases in Chicago, including a crash involving a white SUV driven by agents hitting a red SUV, which sent one man to the hospital.
- At least two people were arrested following the crash, as well as some demonstrators being detained during protests that erupted afterwards.
- Protests erupted after the crash, with local residents and activists expressing concerns over the aggressive immigration tactics and the use of chemical agents, calling them unjust.
- State Senator Elgie Sims condemned the use of chemical agents, stating that no one should be targeted for their race or for standing up for their rights.
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Federal Agents Cause Crash, Tear Gas Protesters On Southeast Side Street
EAST SIDE — Federal agents were seen chasing and arresting people around the Southeast Side in at least four separate incidents Tuesday, one of which resulted in a car crash that sent at least one man to the hospital. Residents in South Chicago and East Side were stopped or detained in the four incidents Tuesday morning and afternoon, according to residents, local activists and a nationwide map tracking reports of ICE activity. In one incident T…
Chase involving federal agents led to a crash and angry community response in Chicago
US Border Patrol agents pursued and crashed into a vehicle as part of an immigration enforcement operation, leading to an angry response from community residents and the deployment of tear gas in Chicago’s far southeast side Tuesday.
Chicago Sun Times
UpstractFeds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
Border patrol agents were involved in a high-speed chase down a residential street in the East Side neighborhood Tuesday morning, resulting in a crash with a moving vehicle and a foot chase with the occupants inside the car. Federal agents then deployed tear gas to disperse a large crowd that gathered in protest of the federal agents, and forcibly detained several protesters.Border patrol agents were conducting an immigration enforcement operati…
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