"Judge slams feds' excuses for violence against Chicago protesters"

The Courthouse News Service reports that a federal district judge granted a preliminary injunction to protesters, journalists and clergy members yesterday, finding that federal immigration officers used improper and excessive force against them. “I see little reason for the use of force that the federal agents are currently using,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said. Here is the court order.

A group of protesters, reporters and religious leaders filed a class action against the Department of Homeland Security over U.S. immigration authorities’ uses of excessive force toward protesters at an immigration facility. The court entered a temporary restraining order in October.