"A suburban Chicago father and his 1-year-old daughter were pepper-sprayed at close range as they headed grocery shopping over the weekend and happened upon federal immigration agents, the family said. Rafael Veraza said the incident happened in a Sam's Club parking lot in Cicero on Saturday, amid escalating clashes that day between immigration agents and frustrated area residents. The suburb shares a border with the Chicago neighborhood of Little Village,"
"That's when a masked agent pointed a pepper-spray gun through their vehicle's open window and fired. A cloudy substance hit Veraza in the face, which also affected his daughter, according to a video taken by the family. My daughter was trying to open her eyes, Veraza told reporters Sunday, as his wife held their daughter nearby. She was struggling to breathe."
A father and his 1-year-old daughter were pepper-sprayed at close range in a Sam's Club parking lot in Cicero as they headed grocery shopping and encountered federal immigration agents. They heard a helicopter and honking, which they associated with nearby federal agents, and decided to leave. A masked agent pointed a pepper-spray gun through the vehicle's open window and fired, spraying a cloudy substance that hit the father and affected the child. Video taken by the family shows the child struggling to breathe and unable to open her eyes. The incident occurred amid escalating clashes and protests related to a federal immigration crackdown near the Little Village neighborhood.
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