Cellphone video showed the moment Saturday morning Rafael Veraza says he and his family were pepper sprayed by Border Patrol agents in the parking lot of a Sam’s Club in Cicero, just over the city border from Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood.

“He started spraying from the front of the car towards the back. Basically I got sprayed all over my face,” Veraza said.

He said his 1-year-old daughter Arianna, who was riding in the back of the car, also breathed in the gas. Both were briefly hospitalized.

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    3 days ago

    As someone living in a Chicago suburb that has been targeted hard the last couple of weeks, this chart is ALL ok. Color doesn’t matter. You there witnessing? You get the gas!

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      They’re not put there to make arrests, they’re put there to provoke a reaction. This is the Jan. 6th group in masks.