'Greg Bovino Immediately Flouts Chicago Court Order, Lawyers Say'
"In a hasty filing on Thursday afternoon, attorneys representing journalists and protestors said that (CPB Commander Greg) Bovino apparently launched a gas canister at a crowd of protestors in Chicago in potential violation of a court order that limits the use of gas and other riot-control measures in the city."
"Earlier this month, a Chicago federal judge, Sara L. Ellis for the Northern District of Illinois, banned federal law enforcement in Chicago from using tear gas and other riot-control measures in the city on those who 'are not posing an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer or others.' It’s already been a sticking point: after federal agents purportedly violated an earlier version of the order by firing tear gas, she expanded it to mandate that they use body cameras."
"The video that attorneys linked in their filing appears to show a crowd of protestors approaching and yelling at armed and masked law enforcement agents. Some agents are wearing clothing that mark them as members of the Border Patrol...Eventually, Bovino appears behind a line of law enforcement officers and appears to throw a silver can towards the crowd. People run away as a cloud begins to emerge from the ground."
"Bovino, TPM reported, has become a leading figure in the Trump administration’s campaign to escalate tensions in predominantly liberal cities. In Chicago, he led showy operations over the qualms of local officials, seemingly designed to generate large amounts of attention while assigning federal law enforcement agents missions for which they often lack training: crowd control and local policing."
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