An intellectually disabled Oak Park man accused of threatening federal officers at a protest outside the Broadview immigration holding facility was ordered released on bond Wednesday after an emotional hearing that was packed with supporters and featured a glowing letter to the judge from Oak Park’s mayor describing the defendant as “joyful and courteous.”

Paul Ivery, 26, broke down in tears following the nearly 90-minute hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes, who ultimately rejected most of the restrictions prosecutors sought to impose on Ivery as he awaited trial on felony charges of assaulting a federal officer.

The U.S. attorney’s office had initially sought to have Ivery detained without bond. But after learning of his cognitive disability, prosecutors instead asked t

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