The Chicago minister, whom federal agents pelted with pepperballs outside the immigration processing center in Broadview, praised a court ruling Thursday that restricted the use of such force in peaceful protests.

“I’m so grateful for the ruling,” said the Rev. David Black, of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “And I also have this feeling that it’s such a small piece of the big picture of what still needs to happen.”

The preliminary injunction was handed down Thursday by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, who told the courtroom that the aggression federal agents have displayed amid their deportation campaign in Chicago “shocks the conscience.”

The new injunction largely mirrors an earlier order the judge issued that forbids agents from using “riot control” weapons against people who p

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