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Judge Rules Feds Can’t Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

Judge Rules Feds Can’t Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

CHICAGO — A federal judge ruled Thursday that federal agents can’t use tear gas, pepper spray and other weapons against journalists and peaceful protesters after Block Club Chicago and others sued the federal government over its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. The temporary ruling comes after four Block Club journalists were indiscriminately hit by pepper-spray bullets …

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