Thursday, November 27, 2025

Court Transcripts: Border Patrol Bovino dodging questions

Newly released transcripts of private interviews with a senior U.S. Border Patrol official and other authorities leading the immigration crackdown in the Chicago area reveal tense exchanges as leaders dodged questions about high-profile uses of force.

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... The transcripts also include hours of Bovino giving evasive responses as he defended agents' use of force and characterized protesters as "violent rioters."

He was repeatedly questioned over an Oct. 23 protest in the historically Mexican-American neighborhood of Little Village, where Bovino initially claimed he threw tear gas canisters after being hit with a rock, which he said hurt but did not break skin.

As he was questioned, Bovino admitted he was "mistaken" and the rock was thrown after he threw the tear gas.

Ellis has accused Bovino of lying about the incident in court.

When he was asked if he threw "a canister of CS gas," Bovino said he did not.

"Okay. Why not?" he was asked.

"You said canister. I threw two. That's " that's plural," Bovino responded. ...

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#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-27 07:21 PM

@#1 ... "You said canister. I threw two. That's -- that's plural," Bovino responded. ...

So Mr Bovino seems to admit that he threw multiple canisters of tear gas at a peaceful protester?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-27 08:56 PM

"You said canister. I threw two. That's -- that's plural"

Grammar Nazi is just one of the perks of being a Nazi.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-27 09:03 PM

More from the article ...

... He continued to dodge questions, even after being shown a clip of himself tackling a man to the ground during a protest outside a federal immigration facility in the west Chicago suburb of Broadview.

After attorneys played footage of the man's arrest, Bovino repeatedly denied that he tackled "an older gentleman" in the video and dodged questions on whether he used force. ...


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-27 09:10 PM

And more ...

... Private interviews with other federal officials " Russell Hott, a US. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement official, and Daniel Parra, deputy chief patrol agent at Customs and Border Protection -- also showed bickering between attorneys and lawyers representing the federal government consistently objecting to questioning.

During his deposition, Hott acknowledged that ICE agents do not receive regular training on crowd control and that he too had no crowd control experience before arriving in Broadview, the site of tense demonstrations over the last few months. He also admitted that the consistent use of tear gas and pepper balls stopped after Illinois State Police took over responding to these protests.

Hott also dodged questions about use of force, including by saying he doesn't know the context when asked if use of force was justified against a pastor shot in the head with pepper balls while praying. Parra, meanwhile, repeated "I do not recall" when asked about specific incidents in use of force reports presented by attorneys during his deposition. ...



#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-27 09:12 PM

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