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Woman shot by border patrol in Chicago amid immigration operation (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, told the Chicago Sun-Times that the shooting happened after patrolling agents said they felt threatened by approaching vehicles and that the gunfire had been “defensive”.

In a statement, DHS said that the woman had been named in a Customs and Border Protection intelligence bulletin last week for allegedly doxing agents and posting threats against Ice online. The woman’s name has not been released by the agency, and nor have any further details to corroborate these claims.

The statement added that no agents had been injured during the incident.

So they targeted her. Cool. Cool cool cool.