Madeleine May
@madbmay.bsky.social
Political Investigative Producer with @CBSNews
Formerly @VICENews, @OCCRP, @N_Map @InsideNatGeo Young Explorer.
Formerly @VICENews, @OCCRP, @N_Map @InsideNatGeo Young Explorer.
Balliet fears the long term effect of this behavior: "This is gonna have an irreparable harm to the trust and faith that the general public has in its law enforcement officers. It is creating a divide that is going to take years—if it can ever be fully repaired."
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Balliet fears the long term effect of this behavior: "This is gonna have an irreparable harm to the trust and faith that the general public has in its law enforcement officers. It is creating a divide that is going to take years—if it can ever be fully repaired."
In one video from Broadview IL, a priest is struck in the head by a pepper ball fired from agents several stories above.
"If someone strays into a pepper ball, then that's on them," said CPB Commander Greg Bovino, who is leading the federal response, in an interview with CBS.
"If someone strays into a pepper ball, then that's on them," said CPB Commander Greg Bovino, who is leading the federal response, in an interview with CBS.
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In one video from Broadview IL, a priest is struck in the head by a pepper ball fired from agents several stories above.
"If someone strays into a pepper ball, then that's on them," said CPB Commander Greg Bovino, who is leading the federal response, in an interview with CBS.
"If someone strays into a pepper ball, then that's on them," said CPB Commander Greg Bovino, who is leading the federal response, in an interview with CBS.
A former federal agent with 25+ years of experience described tactics on display. What he found: repeated violations of federal use of force policies.
"This isn't policing as I practiced it for 25 years," says Eric Balliet.
"This isn't policing as I practiced it for 25 years," says Eric Balliet.
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A former federal agent with 25+ years of experience described tactics on display. What he found: repeated violations of federal use of force policies.
"This isn't policing as I practiced it for 25 years," says Eric Balliet.
"This isn't policing as I practiced it for 25 years," says Eric Balliet.
Our review showed federal agents:
> Firing pepper balls at protesters' heads (policy prohibits targeting above the waist)
> Deploying crowd control tear gas at close range
> Using vehicles to push demonstrators—what experts call "deadly force"
> Employing prohibited chokeholds
> Firing pepper balls at protesters' heads (policy prohibits targeting above the waist)
> Deploying crowd control tear gas at close range
> Using vehicles to push demonstrators—what experts call "deadly force"
> Employing prohibited chokeholds
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Our review showed federal agents:
> Firing pepper balls at protesters' heads (policy prohibits targeting above the waist)
> Deploying crowd control tear gas at close range
> Using vehicles to push demonstrators—what experts call "deadly force"
> Employing prohibited chokeholds
> Firing pepper balls at protesters' heads (policy prohibits targeting above the waist)
> Deploying crowd control tear gas at close range
> Using vehicles to push demonstrators—what experts call "deadly force"
> Employing prohibited chokeholds