U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered a preliminary injunction granting "complete relief" to a group of Chicago residents, protesters, journalists, and religious figures who said the Department of Homeland Security used "extreme brutality" to chill First Amendment rights.

Agents pushed, shoved, tackled protesters, pointed guns at them, threw tear gas and deployed smoke canisters. Everyone that agents detained were released by the FBI, and none of them are currently charged with assault," she pointed out. "Those are the factual findings that I'm making to support this preliminary injunction."

"I see little reason for the use of force that the federal agents are currently using. Pointing guns, pulling out pepper spray, throwing tear gas, shooting pepper balls, and using other less lethal munitions do not appear to be appropriate," Ellis said. "It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."

The judge found that the Trump administration's use of force in Chicago "shocks the conscience" and said she was "ordering complete relief to the plaintiffs."