{"id":31014,"date":"2025-11-19T09:27:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=31014"},"modified":"2025-11-19T09:31:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:31:03","slug":"los-federales-usaron-gas-lacrimogeno-pimienta-docenas-de-veces-en-chicago-incluso-despues-de-que-el-juez-dijera-que-pararan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/11\/19\/feds-used-tear-gas-pepper-spray-dozens-of-times-in-chicago-even-after-judge-said-to-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Los federales usaron gas lacrim\u00f3geno y aerosol de pimienta docenas de veces en Chicago, incluso despu\u00e9s de que el juez dijera que se detuvieran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da89e0d4798\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This investigation was co-produced by Block Club Chicago, Cicero Independiente, the Investigative Project on Race and Equity, Invisible Institute, South Side Weekly, and The TRiiBE.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jos\u00e9* was inside his Brighton Park home with his wife Mar\u00eda* and their pets on October 4 when the smell of tear gas overwhelmed him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The gas seeped in and we started choking, so I said, &#8216;[Get] the bird and the cat,&#8217;\u201d Mar\u00eda said in Spanish. (Jos\u00e9 and Mar\u00eda are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/analysis\/immigrant-sources-anonymous.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pseudonyms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we are using due to concerns about retribution.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tear gas, thrown in the middle of a residential block by federal agents, seeped into their home through the air-conditioning vents and the old, unsealed windows. It quickly spread throughout the first floor, filling the living room, dining room and kitchen with toxic fumes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t open the windows because the gas would get inside. We couldn&#8217;t go to the backyard. 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When they did, they found a tear gas canister on the front porch of their home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI had never felt such fear,\u201d Jos\u00e9 said. \u201cI&#8217;ve lived in Chicago for 40 years, and it&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve seen anything like this. To live it firsthand, it feels awful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da89e0d8614\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1282\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-1243x830.jpg 1243w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/BrightonPark_ICEProtest-Oct4th_29-1918x1280.jpg 1918w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Ice Protest in Brighton Park along Kedzie Avenue between 40th and 38th Street. Chicago Police present protecting ICE.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Daniel Delgado<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da89e0d931b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tear gas that blanketed the block was part of an unprecedented wave of chemical weapons deployed on Chicago&#8217;s streets during Operation Midway Blitz. An investigation by a group of Chicago-area newsrooms and independent journalists found that federal agents used tear gas and pepper spray at least 15 times in Brighton Park on October 4 \u2014 more than the Chicago Police Department (CPD) has used all year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None of the CPD&#8217;s uses involved protesters. The department says its officers haven\u2019t used chemical weapons on demonstrators since 2021.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A close review of the October 4 protests shows federal agents repeatedly using tear gas and pepper spray, often appearing to escalate encounters with nonviolent protesters. Videos and photos show agents tossing tear gas from moving vehicles and deploying gas and pepper balls with little or no warning, even when protesters and bystanders posed no visible physical threat. Tear gas has been linked to long-term health problems. 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The review does not include chemical weapon uses from outside the federal ICE facility in Broadview, a western suburb, where agents have also repeatedly deployed tear gas and pepper balls.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; margin-bottom: 3%; \">\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6654-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Agents deploy smoke bombs at 105th and Avenue N on Chicago&#039;s East Side during a tense standoff with residents. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Matthew Kaplan for Block Club Chicago.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On November 6, U.S. District Court Judge Sara L. Ellis issued an order forbidding federal agents from using riot control weapons, including tear gas, unless it\u2019s necessary to stop someone from physically harming another person. The order is part of a lawsuit\u00a0 filed on behalf of Block Club Chicago and other media organizations, seeking to protect the First Amendment rights of journalists and peaceful protesters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, federal agents have used chemical weapons at least four times, including two cases where agents appeared to fire pepper spray out of a moving vehicle directly into another moving car, possibly violating both the injunction and Border Patrol rules restricting chemical weapon uses on motorists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da89e0df28d\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1278\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/102425-CBP-Lakeview-Colin-Boyle-8903-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/102425-CBP-Lakeview-Colin-Boyle-8903-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/102425-CBP-Lakeview-Colin-Boyle-8903-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/102425-CBP-Lakeview-Colin-Boyle-8903-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/102425-CBP-Lakeview-Colin-Boyle-8903-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/102425-CBP-Lakeview-Colin-Boyle-8903-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/102425-CBP-Lakeview-Colin-Boyle-8903-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/102425-CBP-Lakeview-Colin-Boyle-8903-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/102425-CBP-Lakeview-Colin-Boyle-8903-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/102425-CBP-Lakeview-Colin-Boyle-8903-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/102425-CBP-Lakeview-Colin-Boyle-8903-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/102425-CBP-Lakeview-Colin-Boyle-8903-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Federal agents detained a construction worker in the 3300 block of North Lakewood Avenue in Lakeview, and then threw chemical agents at responding neighbors on Oct. 24, 2025.<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Colin Boyle\/Block Club Chicago<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da89e0dfebf\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The protests that ended with tear gas wafting over houses in Brighton Park began that morning, when Border Patrol agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez, a 30-year-old Chicago resident and U.S. citizen, multiple times.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Federal officials claimed that Martinez tried to ram agents with her car.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Martinez&#8217;s attorney said during a court hearing that federal agents\u2019 bodycam footage shows an agent turning their vehicle into Martinez\u2019s before Exum exited his vehicle and shot her.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As federal agents surrounded the scene of the shooting, a few dozen protesters faced off with a handful of federal agents in tactical gear at the intersection of 39th Place and Kedzie Avenue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a few minutes, a line of agents ordered protesters away from the scene of the shooting.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Most began to move, but a lone protester stood his ground in the street. One agent shoved him and others reached for him as he struggled to escape, his shirt flying into the air during the scuffle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the man backpedaled away, an agent placed his pepper-ball launcher in the middle of the street, about a dozen feet from several onlookers. He then strode toward the protester.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Federal agents fire pepper balls toward protestors in Brighton Park\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1138317534?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another agent ran forward and pulled the first agent back, then shot pepper balls at the feet of nearby protesters.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Moments later, an agent fired projectiles toward the crowd as it retreated up the block.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The encounter, including the sudden deployment of chemical weapons on protesters, left people coughing and infuriated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDon&#8217;t f\u2014ing touch people. Nobody touched you,\u201d a woman yelled. \u201cAll that aggression for what?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told a Fox News host that the agents in Brighton Park were \u201csurrounded by a violent crowd who began to throw bottles and rocks at our agents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Videos of the Brighton Park protests paint a different picture: they show federal agents initiating a confrontation with a vocal but nonviolent crowd. The confrontation at 39th Place and Kedzie Avenue appears to be the first time they used chemical weapons in Brighton Park.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All told, videos and photos from the Brighton Park protest show agents deploying tear gas and pepper balls at least 15 times.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ten of the Brighton Park chemical weapon deployments appeared to target nonviolent protesters.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Only three deployments occurred after objects were thrown toward agents.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> All three appeared to happen after agents had previously used chemical weapons against protesters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Videos from the corner of Pershing Road and Kedzie Avenue show federal agents rolling tear gas grenades toward small groups of non-violent protesters at close range, including an agent who tosses tear gas at a man raising his hands in an apparent attempt at deescalation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At 39th Place and Kedzie Avenue, at least three federal agents threw canisters at protesters, engulfing part of a residential block in tear gas.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Photojournalist Daniel Delgado said<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> only about two dozen peaceful demonstrators were at the intersection, and agents gave no warning before throwing the canisters. Delgado&#8217;s photos show Chicago police officers standing alongside federal agents as the agents used tear gas against protesters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At least three incidents appear to involve agents tossing tear gas canisters from vehicles as they drove away. A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/djbyrnes1.bsky.social\/post\/3m2fgzuwic226\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> posted by journalist Dave Byrnes, shows a canister igniting at the feet of a surprised onlooker, who screams and runs away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C\u00e9sar Cuauht\u00e9moc Garc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an Ohio State University law professor who focuses on immigration law and police practices, said tossing canisters from moving cars poses real risks since \u201cthe person throwing the tear gas has very little ability to control where it\u2019s going.\u201d He added that the approach \u201cis very indiscriminate. It&#8217;s going to affect whoever happens to be around, whether those are people who are protesting or not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"divider-wrap\" data-alignment=\"default\"><div style=\"height: 25px;\" class=\"divider\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chet Epperson, a 33-year police veteran and former Rockford police chief who now serves as a federal consent-decree monitor for New Orleans, said that each deployment of force should be investigated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cManagement of law enforcement needs to look at every one of these deployments and ask itself: Was it necessary? Was it proportional? Was it under the Constitution? Was it by department policy? And are there alternative methods we could have deployed?\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s unclear whether the tear gas deployments triggered any such review. Agents have operated under a temporary <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2025\/10\/09\/judge-rules-feds-cant-pepper-spray-tear-gas-journalists-after-block-club-chicago-and-others-sue\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">restraining order<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> limiting their use of riot control weapons since October 9, but lawyers for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit claim that federal agents have repeatedly violated the order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The majority of the chemical weapon deployments reviewed by reporters occurred after the restraining order went into effect. Most appeared to target nonviolent protesters, including tear gas deployments in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2025\/10\/24\/lakeview-street-tear-gassed-by-agents-amid-north-side-immigration-surge-it-hit-home\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lakeview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/10\/25\/chicago-tear-gas-irving-park\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avondale<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2025\/10\/13\/federal-agents-deploy-tear-gas-in-albany-park-as-neighbors-block-immigration-arrest\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albany Park<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69da89e0e1824\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Altogether, reporters gathered and reviewed 49 uses of tear gas and other chemical weapons since the start of October. Of these, two-thirds appear to have targeted peaceful demonstrators or bystanders. Eight clearly show objects being thrown toward federal agents immediately before they respond with tear gas; the remaining cases are inconclusive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview with CBS, Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino has called his agents\u2019 use of force \u201cexemplary\u201d and declared that \u201cIf someone strays into a pepper ball, then that\u2019s on them. Don\u2019t protest and don\u2019t trespass.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge Ellis found that Bovino lied about his use of tear gas, saying that he had \u201cadmitted that he lied about whether a rock hit him before he deployed tear gas in Little Village.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Federal agents\u2019 use of chemical irritants stands in stark contrast to the Chicago Police Department, which regularly handles protests and crowds without resorting to similar tactics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One major difference is that the CPD policy sharply limits the use of tear gas and pepper spray on people who are protesting, typically requiring both the threat of violence and the approval of the superintendent.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> University of Chicago law professor Craig Futterman, who helped negotiate the current policy after CPD faced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/chicago-inspector-general-chicago-police-cpd-civil-unrest-george-floyd-protests\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">criticism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for their use of pepper spray on protesters in 2020 after CPD faced criticism for their use of pepper spray on protesters in 2020, said the limits are in place \u201cto protect the First Amendment rights of people to protest, to voice dissent, to report, [and] to assemble.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even the threat of violence from a member of the crowd does not automatically mean senior officials will authorize chemical weapons, said Futterman, who points to the risk of hurting \u201cpeople who have done nothing wrong, who pose no threat to anyone\u201d and concerns that indiscriminate chemical weapon deployments can escalate confrontations, driving people to fight back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThroughout the past few years, CPD has successfully secured numerous large-scale demonstrations, including those related to the war in Gaza and the 2024 Democratic National Convention,\u201d a Chicago police spokesperson said in an email. \u201cOur responses to First Amendment assemblies are guided by our First Amendment Rights policy, which is rooted in fair, impartial and constitutional policing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many federal agents operate under less restrictive rules. Border Patrol force guidelines released as part of ongoing litigation against the Department of Homeland security show that agents are allowed to use tear gas and pepper spray against people actively resisting them.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; margin-bottom: 3%; \">\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-1245x830.jpg 1245w, https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_6659-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1450px) 75vw, (min-width: 1000px) 85vw, 100vw\" \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Agents deploy tear gas and smoke grenades during a clash between federal agents and residents at 105th and Avenue N on Chicago&#039;s East Side on Oct. 14, 2025. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Matthew Kaplan for Block Club Chicago<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of chemical weapons in Brighton Park left a mark on participants and neighbors alike. For a few days, Jos\u00e9 and Mar\u00eda had skin rashes and discomfort, which they believe was an effect of their exposure to the chemical agent. Meanwhile, Delgado, the photographer, said his throat felt scratchy for several days after he was affected by tear gas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe main thing with tear gas is that it\u2019s a pretty indiscriminate weapon,\u201d said <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.berkeley.edu\/people\/rohini-haar\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rohini Haar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an emergency physician and medical adviser for Physicians for Human Rights, which studies the health impacts of crowd-control weapons such as tear gas. \u201cYou can\u2019t say, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m only trying to hit this one individual.\u2019 Everybody disperses.\u201d Once deployed, \u201cit aerosolizes, it goes into the air, and then it kind of targets everybody in that space.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The effects can be immediate and severe: burning eyes and skin, coughing and suffocation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt hurts a lot more than you think it does,\u201d Haar said. \u201cEspecially when you\u2019re exposed to too much or you\u2019re not able to get out because you\u2019re in an enclosed space.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For children and pregnant people, the risks are higher. \u201cChildren have more fragile skin,\u201d she said. \u201cThey also have more skin per body weight, so they just have more spaces to get exposed.\u201d There have been \u201ccase reports of miscarriage and complications, especially with overuse of tear gas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although international standards such as the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/instruments-mechanisms\/instruments\/basic-principles-use-force-and-firearms-law-enforcement\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.N. Basic Principles on the Use of Force<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> outline the need for necessity, proportionality and precaution, they are rarely enforced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBy and large, these weapons are highly unregulated,&#8221; Haar said. &#8220;No one\u2019s regulating the manufacturer, how they\u2019re made, what the concentration of it is in there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residents across the Chicago area are now confronting the effects of chemical weapons. After federal agents used tear gas in Logan Square, Julia Cary went to help people hit by the cloud of gas. She said two of the hardest-hit victims were a couple who were driving nearby when their car was engulfed by the cloud of gas. Cary said the pair struggled to open their eyes, and she needed to peel back their eyelids to flush their eyes with liquid. The same <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2025\/10\/03\/family-grocery-shoppers-run-as-masked-agent-throws-smoke-bomb-onto-busy-chicago-street\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deployment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also caught a couple walking home from school with their two-year-old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Federal agents have been operating under a temporary injunction that limits their ability to use chemical weapons on protesters and journalists since November 6. Reporters reviewed four instances of<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agents using pepper spray or tear gas since the injunction was issued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two videos from November 8 show agents using chemical weapons in ways that appear to violate both the injunction, which only allows agents to use pepper spray if there is an \u201cimmediate threat of physical harm,\u201d and current Border Patrol rules, which restrict their use against children, older people, and people driving cars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/11\/09\/cicero-pepper-spray-family-immigration-raids\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shows federal agents deploying pepper spray into a family\u2019s car in Cicero, hitting a man with asthma and his one-year-old daughter.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Another clip provided to reporters shows agents pulling alongside a moving vehicle on Roosevelt Avenue and apparently firing pepper spray at the occupants before speeding off. Neither video shows any visible threat to agents before their use of pepper spray.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Apparent use of pepper-ball launcher by federal agents on Roosevelt Ave\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1138330624?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uses of force that appear to violate both agency rules and judicial orders could create a dangerous situation, one expert warned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat they\u2019re doing is creating a whole lot of ill will with local communities,\u201d said Garc\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez, noting that Department of Homeland Security agents appear intent on using tactics that escalate confrontations. \u201cAnd right now that is mostly manifesting as an organized, peaceful resistance. I hope it remains that way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can help us report on the use of force by federal agents. Submit tips at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/chicagojournalists\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tinyurl.com\/chicagojournalists<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The tip form is monitored by journalists from Block Club Chicago, Borderless, the Chicago Reader, Cicero Independiente, Invisible Institute, the Investigative Project on Race and Equity, Lumpen Radio, South Side Weekly, and The TRiiBE.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can read more about how to handle exposure to tear gas or other chemical weapons from <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/2025\/10\/17\/immigration-ice-protests-tear-gas-effects-treatment-broadview-chicago\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Borderless Magazine.<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" 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