United States: Federal Agents Use Excessive Force in Illinois

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A federal immigration enforcement agent sprays Rev. David Black, of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, as he and other protesters demonstrate outside the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, September 19, 2025. © 2025 Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP Federal law enforcement agents have since mid-September used excessive force against peaceful protesters, legal observers, volunteer street medics, and journalists during demonstrations outside a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in suburban…

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