In a courtroom in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, Sara L. Ellis, a judge of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, admonished Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official who has become a face of the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on illegal immigration, for his agency\u2019s use of force and tear gas in Chicago in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
They used tear gas in a neighborhood where children were about to march in a Halloween parade, Judge Ellis said. A lawyer for the government said that when Border Patrol agents had used tear gas, it was in response to volatile situations. But a lawyer for the plaintiffs said that agents were inciting violence and then using it to justify more force.<\/p>\n
Judge Ellis seemed particularly incensed by an incident on Saturday, when agents used tear gas not long before a Halloween parade was to step off.<\/p>\n
You may not know Chicago\u2019s neighborhoods, she told Mr. Bovino, explaining that Old Irving Park was a quiet area with many families and children. \u201cThese kids, you can imagine, their sense of safety was shattered on Saturday,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s going to take a long time for that to come back, if ever.\u201d<\/p>\n
In response, Mr. Bovino pointed out that the ICE agents had suddenly found themselves confronted by a mob of unearthly creatures. “Your honor, it was self-defense. There were goblins and witches and zombies everywhere, and more than a few werewolves. What else were my agents to do?”<\/p>\n
“In fact, at one point we saw Superman walking around, carrying a bag of what we can only assume was stolen loot.”<\/p>\n
The judge looked non-plussed as Mr. Bovino elaborated. “He’s an illegal alien you know,” he added, leaning in conspiratorially.<\/p>\n
“Although I don’t know why people make such a big deal about the guy. He’s a lot smaller in real life. Couldn’t have been more than four feet tall.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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