Overview

• Debbie Brockman’s lawyers at the People’s Law Office issued a statement Tuesday saying she will pursue all legal avenues after her Oct. 10 detention in Chicago.
• Brockman, a U.S. citizen, was held for about seven hours and released without charges, a fact confirmed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago.
• DHS officials maintain she was arrested for assault after allegedly throwing objects at a Border Patrol vehicle, a characterization her attorneys categorically deny.
• Bystander video and witness accounts show agents forcing her to the ground, handcuffing her, exposing her as her pants were pulled down, and transporting her in an unmarked silver van with New Jersey plates.
• WGN said Brockman works in creative services, is not a journalist, and was off duty, and the case has drawn scrutiny to ICE’s Operation Midway Blitz in Illinois.