A Berwyn family was driving with their 1-year-old child Saturday when they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents, a video taken by the family shows .

At a news conference Sunday in Ald. Michael Rodriguez’s (12th) office, Rafael Veraza said his family were on their way to buy groceries at a Cicero Sam’s Club when they heard whistles and sirens.

Veraza attempted to leave the Sam’s Club parking lot when a federal agent drove alongside the line of cars exiting, spraying chemical irritants through open windows and striking occupants — including Veraza’s 1-year-old daughter, Ariana.

“I didn’t have to go through this, and my daughter didn’t have to go through this,” Veraza said. “We aren’t protesters, we weren’t going after them, we weren’t attacking them.”

Veraza said his family is consideri

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