Federal law enforcement agents confront protesters at the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, on September 19. Scott Olson/Getty Images

A judge in Illinois has temporarily blocked federal agents from using certain types of force and crowd-control measures against protesters, after video of a pastor being repeatedly shot by pepper balls during a demonstration outside at an ICE facility near Chicago drew widespread outcry.

A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order Thursday in the lawsuit filed Monday by the Chicago Headline Club, a nonprofit that represents journalists, alongside unions and individual protesters over federal law enforcement tactics.

The lawsuit alleges federal agents have shot, gassed, and detained individuals who have been protesting outside the ICE Dete

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