Overview

• Footage from Friday morning shows Democratic candidate Kat Abughazaleh being thrown to the pavement during a protest outside ICE’s Broadview processing center near Chicago.
• Reports from local outlets describe demonstrators linking arms to block the driveway as agents moved in to clear the area.
• CBS Chicago and the Chicago Sun-Times reported the use of pepper balls and a chemical irritant from the roof to open a path for a vehicle.
• At least two protesters were arrested and taken into the facility, according to the Sun-Times.
• Abughazaleh denounced the force as a violent abuse of power, while critics online accused her of obstruction and cited federal laws against impeding officers.