What happened

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis Thursday issued a heavily anticipated injunction against the Department of Homeland Security’s use of force during Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Her ruling bars DHS agents from using tear gas and other crowd-control weapons unless doing so would be “necessary” to stop the “immediate threat of physical harm.”

Who said what

The injunction refines and “extends” the temporary restrictions Ellis put in place against DHS last month, said The New York Times . Among other measures, yesterday’s ruling requires agents to “wear body cameras” and “give at least two audible warnings” before using crowd-control weaponry . “I see little reason for the use of force that the federal agents are currently using,” said Ellis. It “shocks the conscience.”

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