Federal Agents Shoot Woman in Brighton Park, Igniting Protests and Conflicting Accounts
Federal Agents Shoot Woman in Brighton Park, Igniting Protests and Conflicting Accounts A shooting involving federal immigration authorities and a Chicago woman in Brighton Park yesterday morning has sparked immediate protests and ignited a fierce debate, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and pro-immigrant groups offering starkly different accounts of the incident. DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin asserted that federal officers were “forced to deploy their weapons and fire defensive shots at an armed U.S. citizen” after their vehicle was…