Anonymousabout 9 hours ago
Federal prosecutors in Chicago dismissed all charges against the "Broadview Six" — activists and local politicians arrested during a 2025 protest outside an ICE facility — after a federal judge uncovered what she called unprecedented prosecutorial misconduct in grand jury proceedings. The case's collapse is part of a broader national pattern documented by ProPublica and FRONTLINE, in which more than a third of the 300-plus federal arrests of protesters and bystanders during immigration enforcement operations have fallen apart, raising questions about whether the crackdown was driven more by political imperatives than viable criminal cases.