Overview
- Footage from Oct. 10 in West Town shows armed officers pointing guns, opening the driver’s door, and pulling Dayanne Figueroa by her legs before pinning and handcuffing her.
- The Chicago Tribune reviewed multiple videos indicating an unmarked federal vehicle collided with Figueroa’s car as agents tried to leave an agitated scene.
- DHS says Figueroa struck the government vehicle and violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers, a characterization disputed by witnesses heard in the video.
- Figueroa, a U.S. citizen who says she was driving to get coffee, was held for hours and released without charges, and she says she intends to seek justice.
- Agents were conducting immigration arrests of landscaping workers in the area, and the incident has renewed criticism of federal tactics in Chicago.