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The government would have people believe, instead, that the Chicagoland area is in a vise-hold of violence, ransacked by rioters and attacked by agitators," Ellis said. "That simply is untrue. And the government's own evidence in this case belies that assertion. "After reviewing all of the evidence submitted and listening to the testimony, I find the defendants' evidence simply not credible." Ellis cited a series of examples. She noted that Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino, the on-the-ground leader of the federal government's immigration crackdown in Chicago, admitted in a deposition that he lied when claiming he was hit by a rock before tear-gassing people in Little Village last month. In another incident, Bovino knocked over a protester, but he denied using force even after watching video of the encounter.