Judge Sara L. Ellis has ordered that previously sealed bodycam videos and other exhibits in CHC v. Noem be made public; videos available now at www.loevy.com.
CHICAGO — In November, Judge Sara L. Ellis, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, released her 233-page opinion in CHC v. Noem, a federal lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents for using excessive force against protesters, clergy, reporters, and bystanders during “Operation Midway Blitz.”
The federal agents’ use of force “shocks the conscience,” Judge Ellis repeatedly concluded, after examining all the evidence provided by both the plaintiffs and the defense.
Today, dozens of new bodycam videos that Judge Ellis relied upon in making her ruling were made publicly available for the first time, in compliance with her orders. These newly unsealed exhibits—more than 50GB in total—include: bodycam and helicopter footage of the tear-gassing in Little Village; new bodycam footage of attacks against peaceful protesters in the Albany Park, East Side, and Old Irving Park neighborhoods of Chicago; and previously unreleased videos from Broadview, among many more pieces of evidence. In addition to videos, the newly released files also include several previously sealed arrest reports and use-of-force incident reports.
The law firm of Loevy + Loevy, which represented the plaintiffs, is adding links to all of these videos to our website here, under “Exhibits,” and members of the media and the general public are invited to preview and download them.
On that same page you can also find filing documents, witness videos, deposition videos, declarations, previously released bodycam videos, and other materials related to the case.
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For more information, contact:
Michael McDunnah, Dir. of Communications, 312.371.5871, mcdunnah@loevy.com