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October 13, 2025

Chicago TV Producer Released Without Charge After Arrest by Federal Agents
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Federal authorities have released a TV news producer without charges
following her arrest by federal agents in Chicago's Lincoln Square
neighborhood on Friday. Video shows masked federal agents pinning WGN-TV
producer Debbie Brockman to the ground, binding her hands and forcing
her into an unmarked vehicle, then side-swiping a nearby car as they
sped away. ICE later accused Brockman of throwing objects at a Border
Patrol car but provided no evidence. The arrest appears to directly
violate a federal judge's order one day earlier banning federal agents
from using riot control weapons and other force against protesters and
journalists who are not posing a threat.


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