Federal immigration agents chasing a suspect who ran off after being involved in a car crash near Chicago were targeted by protesters who pelted them with snowballs.
Video of the fracas shows dozens of demonstrators shouting at the masked agents on the snowy streets of Elgin, a Windy City suburb, with the feds responding by deploying tear gas to clear the mob.
The unruly protesters then start throwing icy snowballs at the agents.
The federal forces can be heard on the footage giving verbal warnings before lobbing their tear-gas canisters on nearby front lawns. The demonstrators quickly grab the devices and bury them in the snow to reduce their efficacy.
The clash began when federal agents called local police for assistance after they were involved in a traffic crash while conducting immigration enforcement activities Saturday morning.
A subject of their investigation was involved in the crash and fled the scene, high-tailing it to a nearby residential street, Elgin Police said in a statement.
Cops responded to the area after receiving an emergency call reporting “subjects in masks” on their property saying they had a warrant. The officers cleared the area after determining there were federal law enforcement agents at the scene.
Fewer than two hours later, approximately 30 more calls came in, including several reporting shots had been fired.
Elgin police returned to the area and determined there were no shots fired but that immigration agents had used “chemical irritants” to disperse the mob. --->READ MORE HERE
Rowdy Chicago residents were seen throwing snowballs at federal ICE agents before the freezing streets were filled with clouds of tear gas.
The chaotic scene took place on Saturday in Elgin, Illinois, about 50 minutes outside of Chicago, as a massive crowd of anti-ICE protestors took to the streets to try and fight back against President Donald Trump's ongoing immigration crackdown.
Federal agents descended on the Chicago area as part of Operation Midway Blitz in early September, and in recent weeks they have been focusing on the Windy City's suburbs.
Video of the dystopian clash has circulated on social media showing residents, some with gas masks on, scooping up icy snow and hurling it at officials.
As they did so, a large plume of smoke started to rise on the snowy street as a man screamed: 'Woah! Watch out, gas!'
Several emergency sirens rang out in the background as another man, dressed in gray sweatpants and black hoodie, charged at agents with snowballs in his hand.
'Don't throw sh**,' one person yelled as others tried to throw more snow balls through the foggy sky.
The clip then showed the other side of the street as protestors held up signs and went face-to-face with officials.
More tear gas rang out, and a massive boom was heard as many people quickly dispersed.
Toward the end of the video, a male agent was heard telling people to get out of the way before warning that the gas will be deployed.
He then threw the can on the front lawn of a home, narrowly hitting someone with it. --->READ MORE HERE
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