Feds Had ‘Less Evidence Than A Ham Sandwich’ In Dismissed Armed Protester Case, Lawyer Says

In an extraordinary move, a federal grand jury has refused to indict a couple arrested while legally carrying firearms and protesting at the Broadview ICE facility last month in a case federal authorities used to paint the two as a pair of “armed rioters.”

The refusal stunned a veteran defense attorney representing one of the demonstrators and came on the same day that prosecutors dropped charges against a third protestor after new footage of their encounter with agents led them to abandon the case — at least for now.

 

 

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Article URL : https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/feds-had-less-evidence-than-a-ham-sandwich-in-dismissed-armed-protester-case-lawyer-says/