Overview

• Debbie Brockman, a WGN-TV creative services employee and U.S. citizen, was detained Friday on Chicago’s North Side while walking to a bus stop, according to her lawyers.
• Her legal team says she was held for roughly seven hours and released without charges, and they plan to pursue legal action.
• The Department of Homeland Security said she was arrested for assaulting a federal officer, and a Border Patrol commander posted that charges would follow.
• Brockman’s attorneys deny any assault and allege agents took her to the ground, battered her, and exposed her during handcuffing.
• Bystander video shows masked agents handcuffing her and loading her into a silver van with New Jersey plates, and federal officials have provided no additional details.