Chicago Journalists and Protesters Sue Trump Admin Alleging Use of ‘Extreme Brutality’

A group of Chicago press associations, journalists, nonprofits and unions sued the Trump administration and its top officials Monday, saying federal agents had used “extreme brutality” at local protests to silence both the press and civilians.

The organizations — who were also joined in the suit by individual protesters — allege in the 52-page suit that federal agents acted to “intimidate and silence” civilians and members of the media who did not pose an imminent threat to law enforcement at protests outside a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility — posing a violation to protesters’ and journalists’ First Amendment rights.

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