Pastor Quincy Worthington

They would sometimes grab somebody and detain them.

I find it terrifying.

It seems like every time I go, that time is the scariest moment of my life.

Right now, there's a temporary restraining order preventing ICE from using chemical munitions.

So we haven't seen that exactly at Broadview.

We've seen it at other places in the city where ICE is conducting operations.

But since October, Illinois State Police has come in.

They have threatened to use chemical munitions, but have never released them that I've seen.

Instead, they carry batons and use physical force.

I have not seen anything to lead me to believe that these are violent rioters.

I've never seen protesters acting any way but peacefully.

They might yell things that I think are inappropriate, that I certainly wouldn't yell at somebody, but that's totally within their First Amendment rights.

So I challenge that narrative.

I have not seen anything that would look anything remotely like a riot.

I think this has changed my feelings about just about everything.

I think it's made me...

seriously question my understanding of law enforcement and why they're there, the way the U.S.

government operates.

And I think on a personal level, it's caused me to struggle with and think deeper about my own faith and about what it means to be a person of faith and what it means to be a citizen of this country.

As a minister and a professionally trained theologian, we often tend to think of these things in abstract ideas.