ICE’s Tear Gas Backfires in Chicago — Protesters and Police Hit Alike
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On October 4th in Chicago, a federal enforcement operation turned chaotic — and the fallout landed not just on protesters, but on Chicago’s own police officers.
Video from the scene shows CPD officers coughing and rubbing their eyes after federal agents deployed tear gas canisters into a crowd. The gas didn’t just disperse protesters — it blew straight back into the ranks of the Chicago Police Department.
According to Superintendent Larry Snelling, 27 CPD officers were affected by the chemical agents that day. Tear gas was fired twice: once around 1:15 p.m. after federal agents said protesters began moving barricades, and again at 2:56 p.m. when items were allegedly thrown at CPD. But whatever the intent, the effect was the same — ICE managed to gas both the crowd they were targeting and the very police department standing between them and the community.
The clash came in Brighton Park as part of Operation Midway Blitz, a federal immigration sweep that’s already stoking anger across Chicago. Earlier in the day, federal agents shot and wounded a woman after claiming she boxed them in with a vehicle. When protesters gathered afterward, ICE turned to chemical weapons — escalating the confrontation in a way that didn’t discriminate between protesters and CPD uniforms.
On social media, the moment spread fast. Clips show Chicago cops stumbling in clouds of gas, protesters scattering, and DHS agents pulling back. Some accounts accused CPD leadership of leaving federal agents without backup; others say the truth is simpler: ICE “lost control” of its own tactics.
Either way, the message is clear: federal overreach doesn’t just endanger communities — it undermines local law enforcement, too. In Chicago, ICE’s crackdown is leaving everyone in the line of fire.
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