15 Illinoisans file claims against feds for alleged Operation Midway Blitz misconduct

... A year after Midway Blitz launched in Chicago, Muñoz has joined a group of 15 Illinois residents filing claims against the federal government over agents’ alleged misconduct during the massive sweeps through the city and suburbs last year.

“I had the right to stand there peacefully,” he said. “I swore to uphold the Constitution and that day I watched people who had taken the same oath violate the very rights the Constitution guarantees.”

Read more about Juan's experience, the other claimants and the Federal Tort Claims Act process from Caroline Kubzansky in the Chicago Tribune.