Terrorizing DHS Raid Yielded Few Results You may have heard about the September 30 federal law enforcement raid of an apartment complex in Chicago where SWAT teams rappelled onto the roof from Black Hawk helicopters, and sleeping children were wrenched from their beds and the arms of their parents.

What you may not have heard about was the outcome of the performative raid, captured by news crews that were invited to cover it. The 300 agents who descended on the 130-unit apartment complex claimed the building was “filled” with members of Tres de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang the Trump administration has designated a terrorist group.

The claims about the gang were apparent justification for agents’ aggressive tactics, including knocking down doors and hurling flash grenades. White House advisor Stephen Miller, with his trademark hyperbolic distortions, claimed it was “one of the most successful law enforcement operations that we’ve seen in this country.”

Thirty-seven people were detained. The Department of Homeland Security said they arrested two members of Tres de Aragua. ProPublica spoke with one of the two men arrested. He denies being a member of the gang and has no criminal record. The government has offered no evidence of his involvement with the gang. Criminal charges have not been filed against anyone taken in the raid. Taken from Dan Rather