"The CEO of the Illinois Press Association, who had joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration for actions toward journalists outside a Chicago-area Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, resigned this week following a dispute with the association's board over the litigation. Don Craven, who had led the Illinois Press Association since 2021, added the organization to the lawsuit Sunday alongside other Illinois news outlets and advocacy groups."
"The plaintiffs, which include digital news site Block Club Chicago and the Chicago News Guild, among others, specifically cite violent actions from ICE agents toward reporters covering protests at a facility in Broadview, Illinois. "Journalists reported being singled out for detention, being shot by rubber bullets, and being exposed to gas pellets, all because they were doing their jobs," Craven wrote in his email. "A minister, in clerical garb, was shot at and gassed, while praying in front of the facility.""
Don Craven resigned as CEO of the Illinois Press Association after he added the organization as a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over actions toward journalists outside an ICE facility near Chicago. The board disagreed and instructed him to dismiss the IPA as a plaintiff, which he did before resigning. Craven said his decision reflected an aim to preserve and protect journalists' First Amendment rights. Plaintiffs include Block Club Chicago and the Chicago News Guild and allege ICE agents singled out reporters, used rubber bullets, and exposed reporters to gas pellets; a minister in clerical garb was shot at and gassed.
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