Federal judge expresses concern whether Trump administration is following order on confrontations with Chicago protester

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Source: CNN US

Updated Oct 16, 2025, 11:09 AM ET
PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2025, 10:08 AM ET


A judge in Illinois said she has “serious concerns” over whether federal law enforcement agents are following her order to avoid violent encounters with protesters and journalists in Chicago. “I’m a little startled frankly, that since Thursday when I entered the (temporary restraining order) last week, I’m getting images and seeing images on the news, in the paper, reading reports, where at least from what I’m seeing, I’m having serious concerns that my order’s being followed,” said US District Court Judge Sara Ellis in a hearing called on short notice Thursday.

“I’m not happy,” Ellis said with evident exasperation in her voice. “I’m really not happy.” In response, Ellis announced Thursday she will require all federal agents with body cameras to have them on during encounters with immigration protesters. “That’s the nice thing about body cameras is that they pick up events before the triggering event happens,” she said.

The judge initially required all agents to wear cameras, but agreed to some flexibility after Sean Skedzielewski, an attorney representing the Trump administration, said it would be logistically impossible to immediately equip all agents with bodycams. The Department of Justice still opposed the body cam order, arguing it’s not a simple matter to record the body cam videos and consistently turn them around for reviewing and redacting video based on every allegation. “It would require a tremendous amount of resources,” Skedzielewski said.

Ellis – an Obama appointee – issued a temporary restraining order last week after a coalition of local journalists and protesters sued the Trump administration, saying federal law enforcement agents were targeting people engaging in peaceful activity, including multiple reporters who said they had pepper balls fired on them despite being identified as press.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/us/illinois-judge-trump-chicago-protesters

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Full headline: Federal judge expresses concern whether Trump administration is following order on confrontations with Chicago protesters

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A judge in Illinois said she has “serious concerns” over whether federal law enforcement agents are following her order to avoid violent encounters with protesters and journalists in Chicago. “I’m a little startled frankly, that since Thursday when I entered the (temporary restraining order) last week, I’m getting images and seeing images on the news, in the paper, reading reports, where at least from what I’m seeing, I’m having serious concerns that my order’s being followed,” said US District Court Judge Sara Ellis in a hearing called on short notice Thursday.

In response, Ellis announced Thursday she is expanding her order. “I am adding that all agents who are operating in Operation Midway Blitz are to wear body-worn cameras, and they are to be on,” the judge said in court.

Ellis – an Obama appointee – issued a temporary restraining order last week after a coalition of local journalists and protesters sued the Trump administration, saying federal law enforcement agents were targeting people engaging in peaceful activity, including multiple reporters who said they had pepper balls fired on them despite being identified as press.

Since then, the plaintiffs said there are at least two incidents in which they believe agents did not follow the order, including a confrontation on Chicago’s southeast side Tuesday following a traffic accident involving Border Patrol.

[moniss]

1. There is only one reason why agents, cops or their bosses

don't want body cams. It's not rocket science to figure out that reason. Imagine how many thousands and thousands of people got railroaded by false statements from cops and agents over the years before body cams. We still see many examples of cops making false statements about events even with body cams around.

The masking of agents is for the purpose of intimidation, provoking fear and preventing identification in order to deter accountability for their actions internally and in the courts. The idea that the agent who is confronting immigration protesters will be targeted by drug cartels is silly on it's face. Some latter day Oaf Creeper goon who signed up to grab workers from the Home Depot has little to worry about from a cartel since the cartel isn't moving their product through some guy just trying to make a buck doing odd jobs.

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. "Serious concerns"

is the new "sternly worded letter".

At this point Trump knows it is just words.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Federal immigration officers in Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, judge says

This is appropriate

Link to tweet

https://apnews.com/article/chicago-immigration-crackdown-judge-d5414dffbbd9380f95211c2c18d653d2

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras, a judge said Thursday after seeing tear gas used against protesters and reports of a high-speed chase through a residential area.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said she was a “little startled” after seeing TV images of clashes between agents and the public during President Donald Trump’s administration’s immigration crackdown.

“I live in Chicago if folks haven’t noticed,” she said. “And I’m not blind, right?”

Community efforts to oppose U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have ramped up in the nation’s third-largest city, where neighborhood groups have assembled to monitor ICE activity and film incidents involving agents. More than 1,000 immigrants have been arrested since September.

[republianmushroom]

4. Who would of ever though that,

the trump administration ignoring a court order. Remember this is the law and order party. So they say. chuckle chuckle