Police Order Raises Eyebrows
Something profoundly dangerous is happening in America’s cities — not just in backroom meetings or legislative chambers, but on the ground, in the most literal sense: where men and women wear a badge, swear an oath, and run toward danger while the rest of us run from it. But in Chicago, even that sacred commitment — to protect and serve — is being sabotaged. Not by criminals, but by political orders.
On October 4th, according to multiple reports including Bill Melugin, a dispatcher in Chicago instructed police officers not to respond when federal agents — ICE and Border Patrol — were surrounded by a hostile crowd in Brighton Park after a shooting. This wasn't a misunderstanding. It was a direct order, reportedly coming from CPD’s Chief of Patrol, Jon Hein.
Let that settle in.
Federal officers, under attack. Local cops told not to help.
The directive wasn't an offhanded miscommunication. The radio transmission — clear, recorded, and chilling — confirms the instruction to stand down. Not aid. Not de-escalate. Withdraw. What kind of leadership makes that call? The kind guided by political optics, not public safety.
Wow. In Oregon’s emergency lawsuit to prevent the President from sending troops to protect federal property, a disturbing email from @PortlandPolice Sergeant Andrew Braun (badge #56961) was included. In it, Braun blames the victims of Antifa violence for their own assaults and… pic.twitter.com/yhM73KrX0z
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) October 4, 2025
And this is not an isolated incident. It’s the latest chapter in a long, shameful story that began in earnest during the 2020 riots. Remember Seattle’s CHAZ? The “autonomous zone” where police were told to vacate their own precinct, to cede territory to radicals waving flags of insurrection. There, shootings occurred, people died, and police were only allowed in after asking permission. In Minneapolis, officers had to abandon their own station as rioters torched the 3rd Precinct. Political leaders instructed officers to stand back — not stand up — as chaos engulfed their cities.
We’re now seeing that same breakdown in Chicago. The players may be different, but the script is eerily familiar.
The catalyst this time was the fatal shooting of an illegal alien, Silvio Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. According to ICE, he attempted to flee a stop and used his car as a weapon against an agent — a clear and present threat. Yet major media, including NBC, sanitized the incident: portraying him as a fleeing immigrant, not an aggressor. And Governor JB Pritzker, already a staunch defender of sanctuary policies, has cast ICE agents as the villains, painting immigration enforcement as an attack on the innocent.
This is the backdrop against which Chicago police were told not to assist federal officers — while they were under siege.
.@PortlandPolice Sgt. Andrew Braun wrote in an email that is being used by Oregon in a lawsuit to try to stop troops from being sent to protect federal property that journalists @KatieDaviscourt & @hunnybadgermom are to blame for Antifa assaulting them: https://t.co/0ebp2EkxOT
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) October 4, 2025
When the line between law and politics disappears, law enforcement becomes law avoidance. When officers are punished not for misconduct, but for doing their job, we are no longer a nation of laws — we are a nation of preferences, where certain criminals are protected, and certain enforcers are targeted.
Chicago’s political class may believe it’s making a principled stand, but what it's actually doing is broadcasting open season on federal agents. If ICE can be attacked and local police are ordered not to intervene, how long before mobs learn there are no consequences?