Tear Gas ‘Shattered’ Kids’ Security, Judge Tells Bovino (1)

Gregory Bovino, a top US Border Patrol official and the face of an aggressive Chicago-area immigration crackdown, must report in person daily to a federal judge, who on Tuesday lectured Bovino at length over agents’ use of tear gas not far from a planned children’s Halloween parade in a Northwest Side neighborhood.

“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer. They just don’t,” said Judge Sara Ellis, shaking her head. “And you can’t use riot control weapons against them.”

Ellis ordered Bovino to the stand ...