A federal judge in Illinois has temporarily barred the Trump administration from using force against journalists covering protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement site near Chicago.
Newsweek reported that the ruling follows a lawsuit claiming that federal agents used tear gas and other crowd-control weapons against reporters documenting anti-ICE demonstrations.
U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis issued the temporary restraining order on Thursday, prohibiting agents from dispersing, arresting, threatening, or using force against anyone they know or should reasonably recognize as a journalist — unless there is probable cause to believe that person has committed a crime.
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