A federal judge who entered a sweeping order restricting federal immigration agents’ use of force in Chicago held off on granting a voluntary dismissal of that case following the fatal shooting of a woman by an agent in Minneapolis Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis on Thursday raised concerns about the dismissal request in a class action lawsuit brought by the Chicago Headline Club and local journalists who fought for a broad injunction to limit federal agents’ use of force in an effort to protect legal observers after numerous reports of unconstitutional actions by the agents.
Ellis specifically pointed to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old mother Renee Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday in opting to delay her ruling…