Former WGN employee Debbie Brockman, detained by agents in Lincoln Square, Chicago, sues federal government

CHICAGO (WLS) — A former WGN employee is seeking damages after she was detained by federal agents in an incident caught on video.

Debbie Brockman filed a $10 million claim against the federal government.

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She says federal agents accosted her last October, when she still worked at WGN, during the Department of Homeland Security’s Chicago-area immigration operation “Midway Blitz.”

A DHS spokesperson said Brockman threw something at the agents.

She disputes those claims.

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