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"A man is dead, and once again we have no answers."
"Two weeks ago, a man was shot and killed by ICE in Franklin Park, Illinois. Shortly after, ICE issued a statement justifying the killing, saying the federal agent was seriously injured. The Chicago Sun Times has brought to light that the injuries were, in the agent's own words, nothing major, a man is dead, a community is shaken up, and we are yet again left with more questions than answers... ICE is running around the 'Loop' harassing people for not being white."
__Illinois Gov. Pritzker responds after armed agents patrol downtown Chicago
__Illinois Gov. Pritzker responds after armed agents patrol downtown Chicago
“What I have been warning of is now being realized,” Illinois Gov. Pritzker said today. " One thing is clear: None of what Trump is doing is making Illinois safer.”
“In Broadview, people non-violently holding signs and chanting against brutality, expressing their First Amendment rights have been regularly attacked with chemical agents like tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and flash bangs,” Pritzker said on Monday. “Agents reportedly unholstered their guns and pointed them at protesters. In their own words, ICE intended to unleash ‘a s*** show’ in the Broadview community without provocation and acting like jack-booted thugs.”
“With one voice, we are telling this unwarranted and unconstitutional occupation by ICE and potentially by military troops to get out of Chicago,” Pritzker said. “You are not helping us.”
Pritzker called the need to protect ICE facilities a “pretext, again, for bringing troops into the city, for normalizing the militarization of our cities. And we just won’t allow that.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/29/pritzker-dhs-will-deploy-100-military-troops-to-illinois-citing-need-to-protect-ice-officers
watch: IL Gov. JB Pritzker Blasts Possible National Guard Deployment In Chicago | FULL PRESS CONFERENCE
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