"I stood up for something I believe in and will continue to do so, until my last breath, he said. He also relayed his own experience of the incident for the first time, saying that prior to being knocked over, he was asking the federal agents protecting the Chicago-area ICE facility: How do you go home at night and explain to your community and family what you are doing to other people who look like you?"
"After his arrest and initial detention at the ICE Broadview facility, Briggs said he was transported to Loyola University Medical Center, where he was handcuffed to a hospital bed and treated for cuts and bruises on both my forearms and wrists from being knocked down and zip tied. In a court filing that moved to dismiss the case, Andrew Boutros, the US attorney for the northern district of Illinois, did not offer an explanation."
Dana Briggs, a 70-year-old Air Force veteran charged with felony assault on a federal officer during a protest outside an ICE detention facility, had all charges dismissed after the US Department of Justice moved to dismiss. Video showed masked ICE agents advancing on Briggs and knocking him over; a magistrate judge agreed to dismiss the case after reviewing agents' body-worn camera footage that the government had kept from public disclosure. Briggs was arrested, taken to a hospital, handcuffed to a bed and treated for cuts and bruises. Briggs is considering pursuing a civil lawsuit; the US attorney offered no explanation in the dismissal filing.
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