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D. Spaulding

(416 posts)
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 11:22 PM Oct 7

In reference to the shooting of a protestor in Chicago; See, this is why you never trust this admin's original story:

Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b----,” before pulling over and shooting the woman five times, the woman’s attorney said in federal court Monday.

The video appears to contradict the government’s allegation that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire on her late Saturday morning on Kedzie Avenue near 39th Street, her attorney, Christopher Parente, said at a detention hearing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.

U.S. District Judge Heather McShain denied a request by the federal government to detain Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, pending trial. Martinez and Ruiz, who wore orange jumpsuits for the detention hearing, were charged Sunday with felony assault of a federal officer.

Parente also offered to play an agent’s body-camera video that shows the shooting, noting prosecutors did not show the video that he claimed disputes the government’s version of the shooting.

Parente said the video shows an agent turning a federal vehicle left into Martinez’s vehicle, after which an agent says, “Do something b----.” The agent then exits the vehicle and shoots at Martinez.

Parente said Martinez had “seven holes” in her from the shooting and that agents were in such a hurry to take her into custody at the hospital that they had to return later when Martinez began bleeding from her wounds.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/06/marimar-martinez-anthony-ian-santos-ruiz-border-patrol-shooting-brighton-park

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In reference to the shooting of a protestor in Chicago; See, this is why you never trust this admin's original story: (Original Post) D. Spaulding Oct 7 OP
The agent that shot her 7 times needs to be arrested and charged with a serious felony. Jim__ Oct 8 #1
First they need to disclose the evidence. Melon Oct 8 #2

Jim__

(14,980 posts)
1. The agent that shot her 7 times needs to be arrested and charged with a serious felony.
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 12:21 AM
Oct 8

Federal agents cannot be empowered to shoot American citizens based on a whim.

Melon

(814 posts)
2. First they need to disclose the evidence.
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 12:41 AM
Oct 8

I’ve seen all parties claim videos for their defense until of course those videos are disclosed and the fault is clear. If the prosecution has the video, they can release it.

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