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CHICAGO (WGN) — At slightest 3 radical were taken into custody aft a confrontation betwixt residents and national agents connected Chicago’s Northwest Side Saturday morning.
Witnesses told WGN-TV they were shaken by what happened and are seeking answers astir wherefore national agents approached a landscaper moving successful the neighborhood.
Brian Kolp, who lives nearby, said helium was sitting connected his sofa with a cupful of java erstwhile helium heard large noises outside. When helium looked retired the window, helium saw agents arresting idiosyncratic connected his beforehand lawn.
“I deliberation I heard 1 of the whistles, that’s what caught my attention, and past they tackled him close successful my beforehand yard,” Kolp said.
The incidental took spot successful the Old Irving Park neighborhood, adjacent Kildare and Waveland. Video from the country shows neighbors confronting the agents arsenic teardrop state fills the aerial and respective radical are pinned to the ground.
“They ended up taking astatine slightest 2 different radical into custody, including my 70-year-old-ish neighbour who lives successful that location there,” Kolp said. “He was conscionable coming location from a run. They took him to the crushed and ended up taking him away.”
According to Kolp, the confrontation began erstwhile agents approached a antheral moving connected a gait nearby. The antheral ran, and agents caught up with him a artifact away. Concerned neighbors began to stitchery outside, and tensions rapidly escalated.
“It’s a Saturday, right, truthful a batch of radical were home, came retired to spot what was going on, and the concern escalated from there,” Kolp said.
Kolp said agents utilized chemic agents connected the crowd, which helium described arsenic excessive.
“Nobody was being violent. No 1 had weapons,” helium said. “Although I wasn’t adjacent to wherever they utilized the (tear) gas, I ne'er heard them denote they were going to usage it. It was an upsetting concern for a batch of people. There are kids connected the artifact close now, determination were kids connected the artifact erstwhile it happened.”
Neighbors who declined to look connected camera described the incidental arsenic traumatizing. Kolp said portion he’s shocked that it unfolded successful his quiescent neighborhood, he’s arrogant of the community’s response.
“As unspeakable arsenic it is to spot it happen, arsenic regretful arsenic I americium that it happened connected our block, I’m precise arrogant of my neighbors for coming unneurotic and doing what we tin to marque wide that we are not going to tolerate this benignant of behaviour successful our neighborhood,” helium said.
Witnesses accidental the agents were with Border Patrol, not Immigration and Customs Enforcement. WGN-TV has reached retired for much accusation but has not yet received a response.
