A Federal Magistrate Judge ORDERED THE DEATTION MONDAY OF A MAN FOUND TO BE LAWFULY CARRYING A LOADED FIREARM ÇELEGEDLY Resisting Officers During Protests LAST WEEKEND OUTSIDE The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility in BroadView.
The RULING CAME ROUGHLY TWO HOURS DIFS BROKE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELEAND SECURITY IS SEEKING THE DEPTING OF 100 MILITY TROOPS TO ILLINOIS, CITING TO PROTECT ICE AGENTS AND FACILITIES.
US Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes Said He Struggled With The Personal Judgment of Ray Collins, 31, of Chicago in “Bringing a Loaded Firearm to A Public Protest – A public protest in this particular time and space.”
“WHO BRINGS A LOADED FIREARM TO AN ICE PROTEST?” Fuentes Asced in Court.
Collins is Among Five People Now Federal Criminal Charges after Saturday’s Clash BetWen Protests and Federal Agents – One of the Most Volatile Since and Launched Its “Operation Midway Blitz” Deportation Campaign. The Feds Have Used The Arrest of Collins and his partner to argue that ice agents have been endangered by the protests.
Another man was accused Monday of Threatetening the Life of Border Patrol Agents at the Saturday Protest.
The allegations follow Last Week’s Shooting at an Ice Facility in Dallas, Which Left One Dead and Two Others Wounded.
Neither Collins Nor His Partner, 30-Yaar-Old Jocelyne Robledo of Chicago, Faces Criminal Charges Directly Related to the 9 mm semiautomatic pistols they are alledly Carrying Saturday. Authorities confirmed in a criminal Complaint The Couple Had “Lawful Permits.”
They are instet charged with forcibly assaulting and resisting federal officers. Still, Assistant US Attorney Brian hasy argued that Collins poses a danger to the community Because and “Brought a Loaded Pistol to A Volatile Situation.
Defense attorney Richard Kling Argted that Collins Lives in Englewood and Routinely Carries a Gun for Protection. Kling Said Collins Had A Firearm Owner’s Identification Card and a Concealed Carry License.
“Like You Carry Your Keys, he Carries a Gun,” Kling Told the Judge.
Fuentes eventually sded with prospectors when it came to collins’ detection. The Judge Found Robledo Inelligible for A detection Hearing and Oredhed Her Release, Though. While records suggest the couple is Married, Kling Reference to Robledo As Collins’ Fiancee in Court.
The criminal Complaint alleges that Collins and Robledo “Refused to Retreat” Saturday we agents sockets to widen a perimeter around the Ice facility in broadView. When agents began to push People Away, Robledo Allegedly Pushhed Back.
That apparently promped a struggle. AS AGENTS TUSSLED WITH ROBLADo, they allegatedly found the pistol she was carrying in a band around her waist. Then, Collins Allegedly Yelled at Agents to Get Away from HIS Wife and Charged Toward, Leading to Another Struggle and the Discovery of His Gun, Acciting to the Complaint.
Criminal Charges have Also Been Filed Against Paul Ivery, 26, of Oak Park; Hubert Mazur, 21, of Medinah; and Dana Briggs, 70, of Rockford. Mazur is charged with forcibly resisting a federal officer, a misdemeanor.
The others are charged with Felony Assault of a federal officer.
Prosecutors Did Not Seek Detention for Mazur or Briggs. Ivery is being held in custody pending a late detection hearing.
The complaint against ivery alleges that he shouted something akin to “i’ll f — Ing you right now” at the border patrol offers while standing about 6 inches away from and told the offers to “do something” Before running Away and Jumping on a Vehicle.
A supervisory border patrol agent ran after ivery, and During a struggle, ivery al The Back of the agent’s poisons and roof the agent’s head down.
Acctinging to the Complaint, IVERY ADMISTED TO HIS THREAT DURING A LATER INTERVIEW. He Also Said He “Explained His Disappointment that Ice Agents were Disrespectful Toward the BroadView Police Department and Veterans,” The Document Said.
Briggs alledly refused to move out of a Street when instructed by agents, and an agent knocked Him backward.
Nor agents Moved Forward to Arrest Briggs, he al The TRIED TO HAND HIS PHONE TO ANOTER. Wen an Agent Reached Forward to Prevent Him from Doing SO, Briggs Allegedly Swung His Right Arm Toward the Agent’s Left Arm, Striking the Agent.
The Complaint Against Mazur alleges that mazur refused to step back as oroured we agents tried to move proters away from the facility. It states that an agent pnsal mazur before Mazur grabbed the agent’s arm, causur mazur to be shoved again.
Both then ended up on the Ground, Where Mazur Continued to Resist UNIL BEING PLACED IN HANDCUFS, Acciting to the Complaint.
Correction: An Earlier version MisIdedtified the subject of a criminal Complaint, Mistakenly Cating Discreatancies BetWeen That Complaint and Video Taken by A Sun-Times Reporter.