Martinez, 30, and Ruiz, 21, faced an assault charge for allegedly tailing a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by #CBP agent Charles Exum, boxing it in & ultimately colliding with it.
Prosecutors alleged that Martinez drove a Nissan Rogue that side-swiped Exum’s Tahoe. Ruiz allegedly drove a GMC Envoy that struck its rear right end.
#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE
Exum opened fire on Martinez, who suffered 7 gunshot wounds. Exum bragged about it in texts later, writing to friends in a “support group” that, “I fired 5 rounds & she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
Redacted versions of those msgs were made public during a Nov 5 hearing in Alexakis’ courtroom. But Monday, she wrote on the court docket that she’d since reviewed unredacted copies. She had a meeting with govt counsel afterward.
If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/115583217051632764 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)
