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Broadview Calls Public Meeting on ICE Facility Clashes, Chemical-Agent Deployments

The briefing follows five weeks of demonstrations outside 1930 Beach Street after confrontations involving chemical agents escalated.

Overview

  • Mayor Katrina Thompson, Police Chief Thomas Mills and other local leaders will speak at 11 a.m., with officials from Oak Park and Forest Park also attending.
  • Five people have been charged in connection with Saturday’s protest, when agents used gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
  • Village authorities say a criminal investigation is underway into a CBS Chicago reporter’s vehicle allegedly struck by chemical ammunition fired from the facility on Sunday.
  • A tall fence was installed last week to limit face-to-face interactions as transport vehicles and agents enter and exit the site.
  • Federal officials say agents were creating safe passage for personnel, and a detained couple outside the facility was accused of carrying guns.