Following a monthlong court battle that featured appearances by top federal officials and an appeals court’s rebuke , a high-stakes hearing is underway over the treatment of protesters and journalists amid the feds’ aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago.

After a midday recess, plantiffs lawyers played portions of Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino’s sworn deposition.

After saying he reports directly to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, lawyers showed a video that was played for Bovino. In it, he tells agents “everybody f---ing gets it if they touch you.”

“This is f---ing city,” Bovino told them.

Bovino was asked in his deposition if all use of force in Chicago had been “exemplary.” Bovino said “no” and then continued, “all uses of force have been than exemplary.”

Bovino was then ask

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