Paul Ivery, a 26-year-old Oak Park resident, is currently being held in federal custody on charges of felony assault of a federal officer. He was arrested outside the ICE detention facility in Broadview at 6:30 p.m. Saturday Sept. 27 while attending a protest.
Oak Park neighbors describe Ivery as “neurodivergent,” with a special interest in police officers, and say that his intellectual disabilities should be taken into account in his case.
In the criminal complaint against Ivery, it says that Ivery “explained his disappointment that ICE agents were disrespectful towards the Broadview Police Department and veterans, which was his basis for attending the protest.”…