#OTD in History 2025

Oct 4: Marimar Martinez Shot by ICE in Chicago, IL
Context: Martinez, a 30-year-old U.S. citizen and teaching assistant survived being shot 5 times after being targeted during #OperationMidwayBlitz.
Facts: The operation was a high-profile...
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...findings from a state commission suggesting there was reasonable cause to believe the agents acted without justification.
#OperationMidwayBlitz
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...lane of traffic, at which point an agent opened fire.
While the FBI serves as the primary federal agency looking into the shooting, the Illinois State Police launched an independent investigation into the deployment of force following...
#OperationMidwayBlitz
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#PoliceBrutality

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...driver hit an agent & dragged him a "significant distance."
However, local police bodycam footage & eyewitness accounts later contradicted this, showing the agent describing his injuries as "nothing major" & walking around normally right after the incident.
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#OTD in History 2025

Sept 12: Silverio Villegas González was shot & killed by ICE
Context: Villegas González was an undocumented Mexican immigrant killed by ICE during a traffic stop in Franklin Park, Illinois during #OperationMidwayBlitz.
DHS officially defended the shooting, claiming the...

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