A federal judge in Chicago has ordered immigration agents in Chicago to wear body cameras on duty, after raising concerns about agents’ use of tear gas against protesters.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said her order would require any federal agents working under Operation Midway Blitz to wear body-worn cameras and keep them on during “law enforcement activities.” Details of the order were still being worked out ahead of another hearing in the case next week.
Ellis said she was a “little startled” after seeing TV images of street confrontations that involved tear gas and other tactics during an immigration crackdown by President Donald Trump’s administration, in apparent violation of an earlier order she had issued limiting such tactics by immigration agents against peaceful protesters and journalists…