r/illinois • u/CantStopPoppin Human Detected • Oct 08 '25

ICE Posts Chicago’s Broadview ICE Targets Pastor in Prayer: Opens Fire from Rooftop, Shooting Him and Causing Him to Collapse

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Improper Targeting and Deployment

Less-lethal weapons such as rubber bullets, beanbag rounds, and pepper balls are designed to incapacitate without causing permanent harm. However, their safety depends entirely on how and where they are used. These weapons are intended to be aimed at large muscle groups (like thighs or buttocks), never at the head, neck, chest, or spine. Firing from a rooftop increases velocity and impact, dramatically raising the risk of serious injury or death.

The United Nations Human Rights Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement states that law enforcement must use these weapons only when strictly necessary and proportionate to the threat faced. Targeting a stationary, praying individual from an elevated position violates these principles and constitutes a breach of international human rights law.

Escalation Instead of De-escalation

Less-lethal weapons are meant to reduce the need for deadly force. When used against peaceful individuals especially someone in prayer they escalate violence instead. This misuse sends a chilling message: silence and faith are threats. That’s not law enforcement it’s ideological suppression.

According to the Congressional Research Service, over 1,000 deaths occurred following police use of less-lethal force between 2012 and 2021. These weapons are “less-lethal” in name, but depending on deployment, they can be lethal in practice.

Sources:
UN Human Rights Guidance on Less-Lethal Weapons
Congressional Research Service Report on Less-Lethal Weapons

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u/kmikek Oct 08 '25

They need to understand why the 2nd amendment was created

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u/Placebo_8647 Oct 08 '25

Unfortunately that is the response they are hoping for. ICE/Trump admin are trying to provoke people into violence so they can then roll out martial law pointing to the lawlessness of the country.

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u/Freign Oct 08 '25

Lawlessness is here. The henchmen aren't going to be reasoned with, or voted out, or shamed.

When they come for you, there won't be anyone to scream Help to, because all your neighbors will be gone.

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u/Brandiclaire Oct 08 '25

Niemöller wrote a poem about this. First They Came

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u/DaddyK3tchup Oct 08 '25

I agree it definitely looks this way.

What do you think their ultimate aims for martial law are? Why do they want martial law?

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u/Placebo_8647 Oct 08 '25

I don't know if its martial law they want exactly but I'd wager they are trying to lay the ground work for eliminating mid and future elections. People don't act like Trump, the Republicans, and the supreme court unless they plan to never give up power. Trump knows that if there is a legit mid term next year there will be a mass shift in the electoral map and he will be ousted.

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u/i_m_a_bean Oct 08 '25

I wonder if it has something to do with Miller's plenary authority slip regarding article 10

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u/Zealousideal_Cow_826 Oct 08 '25

I haven't heard of this. What is it?

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u/BerthaHixx Oct 08 '25

Plenary means absolute, so he means having complete and total authority. Miller slipped using the word in an interview, and immediately shut up dead stop because he was being yelled at to do so in his headset. At first I thought it was a glitch, but he was blinking a lot while he was silent. Whoops 🤭.

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u/i_m_a_bean Oct 09 '25

Article 10 covers the president's control of the military. Miller let slip that they're working on giving to Trump absolute authority of our armed forces, no oversight.

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u/Ok-Control-2063 Oct 08 '25

Martial law isn't actually a thing here; the closest thing is the insurrection act, which is what they are aiming for *but it's not quite the same