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🚨BREAKING: (Chicago suburb) An ICE agent just shot a protester outside the Broadview ICE facility… and then drove away. In the video, ICE agents were leaving the Broadview ICE facility when one agent stopped, aimed a pepper ball gun at a protester, who was standing on a public sidewalk… not blocking the vehicle, or obstructing anything… and shot them in the abdomen. Then, they just kept driving. The protester had to be treated at the scene before being transported to the hospital. Now, imagine if an ordinary U.S. citizen pulled up, shot someone with a pepper ball gun, and drove away... Police would be looking for them. There would be arrests, charges, and headlines calling it what it was… Assault. But when it’s a federal agent? And this isn’t even the first time something like this has happened. We’ve watched ICE agents assault protesters with pepper spray, from their vehicles, and keep driving. We’ve watched people exercising their constitutional rights become targets. We’ve watched it happen over and over again. So, where is the accountability? Peacefully protesting, on a public sidewalk, is protected by the First Amendment. Using force against someone, who poses no immediate threat, is a direct violation of that right. And every single person in this country should be demanding answers. Because if federal agents can shoot a peaceful protester, drive away, and face no consequences… Then we no longer have equal justice under the law. We have one set of rules for the government, and another for everyone else.