Video shows hostile crowd surround Border Patrol agents as arrest turns violent in suburban Chicago
A car crash involving a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle in suburban Chicago escalated into a violent arrest caught on camera, as a crowd taunted federal agents.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News Digital that the confrontation unfolded Friday in Evanston, Illinois, after a suspect “aggressively tailgated” a Border Patrol vehicle and then “grabbed the agent’s genitals and squeezed them.”
The incident quickly drew what officials described as a “hostile” crowd of onlookers, which devolved into chaos. As federal agents took the driver of the civilian vehicle into custody, several bystanders confronted them, leading to one or two additional arrests, according to FOX 32 Chicago, citing police reports.
Video from the scene shows an agent wrestling the suspect to the ground and striking him multiple times while bystanders shouted profanity and attempted to intervene. At one point, a person tried to pull an agent away. Another officer was seen raising what appeared to be a can of pepper spray to hold the crowd back. Meanwhile, the suspect could be heard saying he could not breathe during the struggle.
According to DHS, the Border Patrol vehicle had been aggressively tailgated by a red sedan. When agents attempted to make a U-turn, the sedan collided with their car.
One of the suspects then physically assaulted an agent by kicking him and targeting his groin, which prompted the officer to deliver defensive strikes.
A hostile crowd quickly surrounded the agents and their vehicle, verbally abusing them and even spitting on them, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Sunday.
McLaughlin explained, “One individual physically assaulted a Border Patrol agent and kicked an agent. As he was being arrested, he grabbed the agent’s genitals and squeezed them. This is an extremely painful experience for most human beings and justifies certain responses. The agent delivered several defensive strikes to the agitator to free his genitals from the agitator’s vice.”
The arrest took place amid heightened tensions in Evanston, where community members have established “rapid response” teams to monitor federal agents and alert residents when they are in the area.
In response to the incident, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss called on more residents to join the city’s rapid response teams. He also noted that city officials have passed ordinances designating certain city properties as “No ICE Zones.”
“I will continue to track the movement of federal agents in and around Evanston and ensure that the Evanston Police Department is responding in the appropriate fashion,” Biss said in a Facebook post.
At a news conference shortly after the episode, Biss condemned the actions of federal immigration agents, saying they had “assaulted Evanston residents, beaten people up, grabbed them,” and “abducted them.”
This incident highlights the ongoing tensions between federal immigration enforcement efforts and local communities in areas like Evanston, where activists and city officials have pushed back against federal operations.
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