Posted on 09/20/2025 12:26:45 AM PDT by Morgana
Federal agents had to deploy tear gas after anarchy erupted outside of an immigration facility in Chicago.
Demonstrators, that included a Democratic mayor and congressional candidate, clashed with federal agents outside of the Broadview ICE facility on Friday.
The confrontation saw agents firing chemical agents, dragging protesters from the roadway, and making arrests.
Amid the mayhem, cameras caught masked officials and politicians, including Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss and Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh - who claimed she was body slammed by an agent.
Biss also later accused ICE of trying to 'intimidate' peaceful demonstrators in a post made to his social media after the bout.
'They drove a van into us, then they tear gassed us,' Biss, who's running for Congress, said in a video posted to X. 'It was terrifying… but we will not be intimidated.'
The protest began around 5 am, part of a larger backlash to a federal immigration crackdown under 'Operation Midway Blitz' - a Trump-era enforcement effort recently revived by Homeland Security.
According to DHS, the operation has led to nearly 550 arrests in the Chicago area alone in under two weeks.
By sunrise Friday, demonstrators had linked arms at the gates of the ICE facility in an attempt to block vehicles from entering or exiting.
What followed was a violent standoff with federal officers, who deployed tear gas, pepper balls, and rubber bullets to clear the entrance.
Video shows federal agents physically dragging protesters from the pavement, while others were hit with non-lethal rounds and chemical irritants.
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Democrats need those illegal votes, and are terrified they might lose them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_bullet
Rubber projectiles have largely been replaced by other materials, as rubber tends to bounce uncontrollably.[9]
Glad to see ICE stepping up, this is what i voted for.
Pepperballs sting like hell and have the added feature of powdered OC. They go out at twice the speed of regular paintballs and aerosolize the OC on contact. Mixed rubber ball/pepperball grenades have proved to be incredibly effective in prison riots. Those usually have a flashbang feature as well.
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ICE agents should just pull out a baton and crack some Rat NGO skulls. Leave those protesters on the ground unconscious for the vultures to feed on.
When have you ever seen right wing protesters blocking highways or ICE entrances? It just doesn’t happen.
And spare me the J6 argument. They were invited into the capital. ALL violence comes from the left. All of it.
I voted for this. :-)
If you don’t block roadways and gates you can peacefully protest as much as you want without taking any pepperballs or getting nudged by vehicles.
“’They drove a van into us, then they tear gassed us,’ Biss, who’s running for Congress, said in a video posted to X. ‘It was terrifying… but we will not be intimidated.’”
You got off easy, chump. Try it again and see what Tom Homan will have in store for you the next time.
“Chiraq?” I’ve always thought that Shitcago was more accurate.
Regarding these protesters, and specifically the congressional candidate, it is rare to nonexistent when there is any film, showing what they did to provoke the reaction that they so richly deserved. Everything I’ve seen about this incident only shows her being tossed, but nothing about how she obstructed Federal agents from doing their jobs, which is a criminal offense subject to penalties of as much as 20 years in prison. If she got what she deserved, she would have 10 times worse treatment at the hands of her fellow inmates - every single day.
“Kat Abughazaleh”
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Common spelling...
“ Pepperballs sting like hell and have the added feature of powdered OC. They go out at twice the speed of regular paintballs and aerosolize the OC on contact. Mixed rubber ball/pepperball grenades have proved to be incredibly effective in prison riots. Those usually have a flashbang feature as well.
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I would be much more favorably impressed with a few tanker trucks with industrial nozzles on top, full of Liquid Ass, spraying the whole crowd of people obstructing federal agents from doing their jobs.
When “peaceful demonstrators” refuse to disperse from a riot, they are militants.
The pictures are interesting.
In LA nearly all the resistance was made up of Hispanics who were likely illegal or related to an illegal.
As I look at what I could see of mostly masked faces, it seems to be the usual suspects of an Antifa riot that we became familiar with from Portland and Seattle.
I love the smell of squashed guac sandwiches in the morning.
I am so tired of watching LEOS fight these scumbags on their terms, sticks against sticks, etc.
We need to remind them what Riot Guns are for. The crap would stop immediately.
IN LA lots of antifa and white people were protesting and still are..
That works too.
😁👍
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