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The central claim — that a Chicago-area pastor, Reverend David Black, was struck by pepper-ball projectiles fired by federal immigration agents during a protest — is supported by multiple independent ...
Reverend David Black alleges he was struck in the head and body by while praying during a protest outside the Broadview, Illinois ICE facility on September 19, 2025; video evidence and multiple news r...
The materials supplied contain about Reverend David Black or an incident at Broadview Detention Center; none of the nine analyzed items mention Reverend Black, Broadview, or a pepper‑ball strike, so t...
Federal agents in multiple recent incidents have deployed pepper balls and other “less-lethal” munitions at ICE facilities and protests — with video showing strikes to the head and close-range shots t...
A Chicago-area pastor, Reverend David Black, was struck repeatedly with fired by federal agents during protests outside the Broadview ICE processing center in early September 2025; multiple outlets re...
Reverend David Black was struck in the head by a pepper ball during a protest outside the Broadview ICE facility, an event captured on video and reported widely; supporters and media portray him as pr...
The claim that “Rev. Black was shot with bean bags” is not supported by the available reporting: multiple contemporaneous accounts identify as the rounds that struck Reverend David Black during a prot...
The available analyses show of clergy injured by ICE during enforcement actions in 2024; the materials instead document individual incidents primarily in 2025 and explicitly state the absence of 2024 ...
The immediate legal consequences for the ICE agents who struck Reverend David Black with pepper-ball projectiles were civil — a federal lawsuit and a temporary court order limiting federal crowd-contr...
A Chicago-area pastor, Reverend David Black, was during a September 19 protest outside the Broadview ICE processing facility; multiple news organizations report video of the impact and the minister co...
Reverend David Black, a Chicago pastor, was struck in the head by a projectile identified by multiple news reports and video evidence as a during a September 19, 2025 protest outside the ICE detention...
The central, verifiable claim is that Reverend David Black, a Presbyterian pastor from Chicago, alleges he was struck in the head by a pepper-ball or exploding pellet fired by Immigration and Customs ...
Reverend David Black’s 2025 public ministry at ICE protests has produced a deeply polarized reception: , while , prompting legal and political pushback . Coverage of his first televised interview afte...
Reverend David Black is a Chicago-area Presbyterian pastor who was struck by a projectile fired by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while praying near an ICE processing facility; multi...
The claim that Reverend David Black was struck by non‑lethal rounds fired by ICE agents during a September 19, 2025 protest and was left with a visible dent in his head is supported by multiple contem...
Reverend David Black — referred to in reporting as Rev. David Black or Rev. Black — was struck by a projectile identified as a fired by federal agents during a protest outside the Broadview, Illinois ...
Multiple independent news reports and video evidence confirm that Reverend David Black was struck by pepper‑ball projectiles fired by ICE officers during a protest outside the ICE processing facility ...
Reverend David Black was struck in the head by a pepper ball during a protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing center in Broadview, a suburb of Chicago, on . Multi...
The core verifiable fact is that Reverend David Black, a Chicago-area Presbyterian pastor, was struck in the head by a non‑lethal pepper‑ball projectile fired by a federal agent during a protest outsi...
Reverend David Black is documented as taking part in at least one high-profile social justice action: he joined faith leaders kneeling in prayer outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, as part...