CHICAGO (WGN) — Cell phone video shows what bystanders have called an unnecessarily rough arrest in Chicago involving federal agents.
While the Department of Homeland Security says the incident stems from a theft, witnesses told WGN-TV that what they captured on video differs from what DHS said took place. Maurice Woodard is the organizing director of Equity and Transformation Chicago. It was at the organization’s headquarters near California and Congress where Woodward says he witnessed the unsettling scene unfold on Tuesday around 2:30 p.m.
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“The federal agents had shut down traffic on all four ways. As they were doing that, they had a guy down on the floor surrounded, and they kind of picked him up by the neck, roughed him up – a lot more than roughed him up – put him in their vehicle, and held him there until [Chicago Police Department] arrived,” Woodward said.
According to Chicago police, a white sedan was traveling eastbound on Congress Parkway while a 49-year-old female was driving a black sedan and traveling northbound on California. Police say the white sedan struck the black sedan, injuring the woman’s shoulder, neck, and hip…