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Food delivery worker who allegedly made verbal comments against the officers outruns Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in dramatic Chicago chase
A dramatic video from downtown Chicago is making the rounds online, showing nearly 10 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in tactical gear chasing a man believed to be a food delivery worker, who allegedly made verbal comments against the officers.
The clip, first posted by Christopher Sweat, co-founder and CEO of the yet-to-launch GrayStak Media, quickly gained traction. In the video, the man manages to get away as officers shout and run after him. One ICE agent can even be heard yelling, “Get him!”
Sweat described the situation as one that “momentarily spiralled out of control,” clarifying that the delivery worker had only made “verbal comments but no physical or threatening contact” with the agents. Eyewitnesses said the man had been riding his bike when ICE officers closed in.
Sharing the footage online, Sweat wrote: “EXCLUSIVE: Earlier today ICE agents chased after a man in downtown Chicago after he made verbal comments but no physical or threatening contact. The man was able to get away.”
Sweat, who bills himself as covering “real-time media from the frontlines of protest & power,” even tagged Kristi Noem, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, and other officials after posting the clip. In a follow-up note, he added, “I feel I may have posterised ICE today by capturing this exclusive moment.”
He also reported that ICE activity stretched from Millennium Park into River North, claiming three arrests were made as demonstrators appeared on the scene. ABC7Chicago later said “multiple people,” including a family with young children, were detained that afternoon. Meanwhile, a senior Border Patrol official told WBEZ Chicago that arrests were being made based on “how they look.”
The video sparked sharp reactions online. One person wrote, “This image is a pretty good litmus test for politics: do you regard this man with respect, or disgust?” Another joked, “A delivery guy outran the best the US have to offer,” while someone else commented that the agents “need more vehicles on these patrols.”
