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Family Tear-Gassed Walking Home from Child's Preschool

“This is tyranny, this is absolute tyranny," a resident said, saying onlookers in the parking lot were tear-gassed. “My eyes are burning, my skin is burning, but more than that I’m just mad.”

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Sarah Jones
Oct 04, 2025
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One of Trump’s masked ICE thugs tossed a smoke grenade onto a crowded Chicago street. The tear gas impacted families and residents who had nothing to do with the ICE raid, including a family walking home from their child’s preschool.

“Bill Higgins and Jessica Dixon were walking home with their 2-year-old from school when they heard drivers honking their horns and using their vehicles to prevent federal agents from entering the grocery store parking lot. People were also blowing whistles to alert neighbors as a helicopter circled above,” Melody Mercado reported for Block Club Chicago.

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The attack occurred after cars reportedly blocked the ICE SUV at Rico Fresh Market, 3552 W. Armitage Ave, in what appears to be completely unjustified escalation.

“In a video taken by a witness and shared with the Sun-Times, cars could be seen blocking the white, unmarked SUV b…

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