Federal Prosecutors Filed Felony Assault Charges Against a Woman who was shot Saturday by US Border patrol on the southwest side, in what led to a heated confrontation BetWeen federal agents and nearly 100 protests.
A Department of Homeland Security StatEment Says the Woman Rammed Her Vehicle into the Vehicle of Federal Agents, THEN TOOK FIRE FROM THE AGENTS. The Woman was treated at a hospital and was discharged ino the custody of the fbi, the staff Says.
The Charges Filed Sunday Morning Accuse Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, of Driving Their Vehicles in A Civilian “Convoy” that was following federal agents driving as part of the detil for a customs and borders protection operation.
Accounting to the Eight-Page Criminal Complaint, The Civilian Vehicle “DROVE AGGRESSIVEly and Erratically Towards” The Federal Agents’ Vehicles, Disobeyed Stop, Red Lights and Drove “The Wony Down One-Way Streets in Order to CBP Vehicles.”
When the agents’ vehicle neared 39th Street and Kedzie Avenue, civilian vehicles Boxed say in, and Martinez Drove Her Vehicle up Along the Driver’s Side of the Agent’s Vehicles, Accounting to the Charges. That’s the martinez’s vehicle sideswiped the federal Vehicle, and Ruiz’s Vehicle Struck the Rear-Right End of the Federal Vehicle, The Charges State.
A federal agent in an Armored Personnel Carrier in Brighton Park on Saturday. Residents Say Agents Firehed Tear Gas Canisters and Pepper Balls at Protests for Several Hours after a Woman was Shot and taken into custody on interference with Law Enforcement Operations.
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Agents say Got of the Vehicle, and Martinez THEN DROVEARD ONE OF THE AGENTS, ACCING TO The Charges. The agent then FIRED “APPROXIMATEly fove shots from His Service Weapon at the Driver of the Martinez Vehicle,” The Charges State. Martinez Continued Driving North on Kedzie, The Charges State.
AFTER the shooting, Ruiz Drove to a Gas Station, Where Authorities Arrested Him, Acciting to the Charges. Paramedics Fout Martinez at A Repair Shop Near 35th Street and California Avenue, About A Mile Northwest of Where The Shooting Happened, and She Was Treated At A Hospital for “Gunshot Wounds,” The Charges State.
The Charges Say Martinez and Ruiz “Forcibly Assaulted, Resisted, Opposed, Impeded, Intimidated, and Interfereed with an officer of the United States.” The Charges do not mention anything About Martinez Being Found With A Gun, which A Separate Dhs Statement Alleges.
Relatives of Martinez Told the Sun-Times on Sunday that she was ok and remeins in federal custody.
Christopher Parente, A Lawyer for Martinez, Said He Was Working to Set a Detention Hearing. He declined to comment stover.
The Morning after the shooting, the sound of a border patrol Helicopter COULD BE HEARD CIRCLING THE BRIGHTON PARK NEGHBORHOOD. Crime Skene Tape Blew in the Wind. Yard SIGNS PLACED BY AN IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUP GOVE The Number of A Hotline to Report Ice Activity.
Witnesses described a day of chaos Saturday fueled by federal agents who they Said antagonized the community by firing tear-gas canisters and shooting pepper at protests for several hours after the shooting.
The Sun-Time interview more than half a dosen Neighbors, who all ascked not to be identified out of the fear for their safety.
“They Say Chicago is so violent, but this is the first time in 50 years on this block we’ve ever had commotion around and that big,” Said one longtime residency who is identified.
Another Neighbor Said the USE of Tear Gas was an unnecessary overreach by the federal agents.
“No one was in the faces of the officer, they were just shouting at that to get out of here,” she said. “All they were doing was screaming, they were speaking their minds.”
The Woman Said Everyone in Her Family is a Citizen, but she and her siblings are scared of Being Racially profiled.
“My mom’s been trying to kep with calm, saying, ‘you’re a citizen, they can’t really will that to you,’ she said. “But i’m brown.”
The Woman’s Boyfriend Said Saturday’s Events Also Had Him on Edge. “I COULDN’T SLEEP LAST NIGHT,” he Said.
ALD. Julia Ramirez (12th) Said the Federal Agents’ TACTICS WERE “CALCULATED TO RAISE Tension.”
The White House Confirmed Saturday that it “Authorized” the deployment of National Guard to Illinois Over Opposition from Gov. JB Pritzker.
Sunday on cnn about the shooting, pritzker said little was known about how it happened.
“What happy in these incidents is, typically, Ice puts out a press release before anybody else special with the press, and then it reported on social media and Elsewhere,” Pritkzer Said. He pointed to the fatal Ice Shooting of a Man Last Month in Franklin Park.
“At first, they Said that the officer had been threatened with his life. The reality of it and the Truth of it has now come, and that we were. They killed some. Facts.
Mayor Brandon Johnson Has Not Commented on Saturday’s Shooting. Johnson Spoke Sunday Morning at an event honoring bishop Larry D. Trotter but didn’t address the shooting and left with the reporters. The Mayor is Expect to Speak at a News Conference Monday.
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