'Pattern of Extreme Brutality': Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Protesters in Illinois

[douglas9]

Children in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighbourhood were preparing for a Halloween parade on Oct. 25 when federal agents reportedly deployed tear gas on the street to disperse protesters opposing immigration-related arrests in the neighbourhood.

“Those kids were tear gassed on their way to celebrate Halloween in their local school parking lot,” US District Judge Sara Ellis said in court on Tuesday, according to a CBS News report. “I can only imagine how terrified they were.”

Ellis was questioning US Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino over this and other incidents that protesters allege violate a temporary restraining order (TRO) she issued earlier this month.

The Oct. 9 TRO was issued after a group of journalists, faith leaders and protesters filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over what they described as a “pattern of extreme brutality” by federal agents against peaceful protesters since Operation Midway Blitz – a multi-agency operation against “criminal illegal aliens” in Illinois – began on Sept. 2.

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10/31/illinois-immigration-protests/

[Irish_Dem]

1. American young children being tear gassed by US troops on US soil.

As they are trick or treating.

I thank God my career US military father is not alive to see this evil event.

[ShazzieB]

2. Deliberate, premeditated, planned and orchestrated cruelty perpetrated on innocent children. 😡😠🤬

There is NO possible acceptable or forgivable excuse for this atrocious thuggery.



This image is a few years old (note "Trump y Pence" sign), but it has never been more relevant.