About a week later, he got a call from an #FBI agent asking if any work had been done on the car. He said no. But Exum said he later checked on the car & noticed it had been moved to another part of the garage—& that the black scuff marks were buffed out. [destruction of evidence]

Exum emailed the #CBP agents at his Maine station, as well as their mechanic, informing them not to move the car. He also noted the FBI questioned why the scuff marks were removed.

#Trump #Chicago #law #UseOfForce

Exum testified Nov 5 about what happened after the shooting.

The #FBI seized the Rogue, Envoy & Tahoe. But it released only the Tahoe after taking photos & processing it for #evidence.

🚨Exum then drove the vehicle more than 1,000 miles, between Oct 8 & 10, back to his #BorderPatrol station in Maine. He parked it inside a garage, he said.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP

The judge told the feds to “promptly” deliver additional text messages to the defendants, acc/to the docket.

Martinez atty Chris Parente also raised questions about the feds’ handling of Exum’s Tahoe, calling it the “centerpiece” of the dispute over what happened in Brighton Park.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP

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

US Dist Judge Georgia Alexakis heard testimony 2 eks ago about what happened after the Oct 4 incident in Brighton Park, which led to a standoff between protesters and federal agents who deployed #PepperSpray balls & #TearGas into the crowd.

Solicitor General John Sauer has also pointed to it while arguing #SCOTUS should let #Trump deploy #NationalGuard troops to #Chicago [these Trump attys🙄].

#law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #Tyranny #ICE #CBP

Defense attorneys for the pair have been aggressively challenging evidence & sought a speedy trial.

The motion from assistant #USattorneys Ronald DeWald & Aaron Bond did not explain the decision. A US attorney’s office spox did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Tyranny #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/11/20/operation-midway-blitz-marimar-martinez-anthony-ruiz-us-supreme-court-feds-drop-case-against-woman-shot-by-border-patrol-agent-in-brighton-park

Marimar Martinez, a 30-yr-old #US #citizen, & her co-defendant, Anthony Ruiz—who was driving a different vehicle—had entered not guilty pleas to a federal charge of assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers.

The unprecedented move marks the latest development in a high-profile case that garnered public scrutiny & left a federal judge skeptical of how the investigation was handled.

#Trump #Chicago #law #immigration #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #ICE #CBP