"I live in Chicago, if folks haven't noticed, and I'm not blind, right? Ellis opened the hearing. So, I don't live in a cave. I have a phone. I have a TV. I have a computer and I tend to get news. The judge said those news reports were leading her to believe the Trump administration may not be following her instructions. At least from what I'm seeing, I'm having serious concerns that my order's being followed, said Ellis from the bench."
"The judge initially required all agents to wear cameras, but agreed to some flexibility after Sean Skedzielewski, an attorney representing the Trump administration, said it would be logistically impossible to immediately equip all agents with bodycams. The Department of Justice still opposed the body cam order, arguing it's not a simple matter to record the body cam videos and consistently turn them around for reviewing and redacting video based on every allegation."
US District Judge Sara Ellis expanded a temporary restraining order to require federal agents who are part of Operation Midway Blitz and who have body cameras to keep them on during encounters with protesters. Ellis cited news reports and said she had serious concerns that her earlier order limiting aggressive responses to ICE and Border Patrol protests in Chicago might not be followed. The judge emphasized that body cameras capture events leading up to confrontations. The Trump administration and the Department of Justice argued immediate universal camera use was logistically difficult and would strain resources for recording, reviewing, and redacting footage. Ellis scheduled another hearing to resolve the dispute.
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