"Sure, becoming an ICE agent sounds fun, but in between all the tear-gassing of clergy and shooting pepper balls at journalists, the job involves a lot of pesky paperwork. I mean, the government simply doesn't pay enough with its [checks notes] $50,000 signing bonus, 25 percent premium pay, and $60,000 in student loan repayment to justify taking 20 minutes to write a book report about breaking someone's car window!"
"Judge Ellis's account of the Trump administration's ongoing experiment with turning paramilitary thugs loose on Chicago includes body-cam footage contradicting official narratives, false testimony, and the aforementioned 'agent rolled down his window, pointed a handgun out of it, and said 'bang bang' followed by something like 'you're dead, liberal.' Agents claimed protesters threw bikes at them (footage showed agents grabbing and throwing the bikes)."
A 233-page judicial opinion documents paramilitary federal deployments in Chicago that relied on excessive force, false testimony, and staged narratives. Body‑cam footage contradicted agent accounts about protesters, shields, and alleged gang identifiers. Agents tear‑gassed clergy, shot pepper balls at journalists, threatened combat veterans, and pointed handguns while issuing threats. Financial incentives such as $50,000 signing bonuses, 25 percent premium pay, and $60,000 student loan repayments coincided with burdensome reporting requirements. Some field reports appeared fabricated or assisted by automated tools to avoid effort. Evidence shows manipulation of scene elements, mischaracterizations of actions, and inaccurate identifications.
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