Judge issues injunction further restricting agents’ use force in Operation Midway Blitz

CHICAGO — In a powerful ruling Thursday, a federal judge entered an injunction, further restricting the Trump Administration from using unlawful violence against clergy, protestors and the media.

The court ruling Judge Sara Ellis granted a preliminary injunction implementing more lasting use-of- force limitations on federal agents who’ve used tactics like tear gas and pepper balls while enforcing Operation Midway Blitz.

 Ellis took more than an hour sharing numerous accounts of federal immigration agents using excessive force she claimed to be without merit and in violation of her previous temporary restraining order.

“I see little reason for the use of force that the federal agents are currently using,” said U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis. “I don’t find defendants’ version of events credible.”

On multiple occasions, Ellis called out agents, including Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino for lying about the danger protestors posed to them saying the government’s evidence was not credible. In her remarks, Ellis shared that during his deposition Bovino confessed to lying about if a rock hit him before or after he threw two cannisters of tear gas into a crowd.

The plaintiffs in this case applaud Ellis for what they call upholding the constitution and democracy. They say if agents violate the injunction they will report it.

A Department of Homeland Security official said in a statement that DHS plans to appeal the ruling, calling it “an extreme act by an activist judge that risks the lives and livelihoods of law enforcement officers.”

 Attorneys say the injunction will last until there is a full trial.