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WGN Journalists Reports On ICE Raids In The City

In a city where violent crime continues to spiral, where gang shootings have become so commonplace they barely crack the evening news, you’d think activists would focus their energies on the real issues tormenting Chicago. But instead, they've zeroed in on ICE agents — federal officials tasked with removing violent criminal aliens — as public enemy number one. And the latest flashpoint in this ongoing battle occurred not in some dark alley, but out in broad daylight, where one supposed “journalist” learned the hard way that press credentials aren’t a get-out-of-jail-free card when you're allegedly participating in a federal obstruction.

That journalist? Debbie Brockman, a video editor and producer for WGN’s creative services department — not a field reporter, not credentialed press, and certainly not on assignment. Video footage shows her on the ground , being detained by ICE officers and placed into a v...