A legal expert warned that a Chicago producer's arrest on Friday might have violated a judge's recent restraining order.

A legal analyst has warned that the arrest of a Chicago TV producer by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents on Friday could have been a direct violation of a recent court order in the city.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed her arrest in a statement to Newsweek stating that she “was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.” As did WGN though it mentioned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) instead. WGN added no charges were filed were filed against Brockman.

Stern shared on Bluesky a screenshot of the temporary restraining order’s text, which reads: “It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants, their officers, agents, assigns and all other persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as ‘Federal Agents’), are temporarily EN/joined in this judicial district from: a. Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical force against any person who they know or reasonably should know is a journalist, unless defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.”

At time of writing, Newsweek has found no video evidence, released by the DHS or other sources, showing Brockman assaulting federal agents.

According to WGN, Brockman was released from federal custody at 3 p.m. on Friday, local time, and no charges were filed against her. As of 6 p.m. on Friday, the TV station said, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney in Chicago had confirmed no charges had been filed in Brockman’s case.

  • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    4 days ago

    You violently arrested her for obstruction and throwing things at ICE vehicles, released video evidence that didn’t actually show any evidence, and then released her without actually charging her with anything.

    So either she was intentionally targeted for being a journalist, and those agents should be charged with contempt or they just picked a random U.S. citizen to arrest on false claims.

    I hope that the consequences land on the agents who arrested her, and they dime on whoever gave them the order in their chain of command to target her.