Chicago attorney and retired police lieutenant John Garrido has raised serious legal and ethical concerns after it was revealed that Chicago Police Department officers were ordered to “stand down” while federal agents were under attack in the city’s Brighton Park neighborhood on Saturday morning.
The Gateway Pundit reported that federal officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were ambushed by a convoy of roughly ten vehicles in what officials described as a “coordinated assault” by domestic extremists protesting President Trump’s ongoing deportation operations in Chicago.
The confrontation began when a vehicle driven by Marimar Martinez, a known agitator with a history of doxxing ICE agents online, allegedly rammed an ICE patrol unit while brandishing a semi-automatic weapon.
Trapped and outnumbered, agents were forced to exit their vehicles and fire defensive shots, striking Martinez in the shoulder.
She fled the scene and later checked into Mount Sinai Hospital before being taken into FBI custody. Another suspect, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, was arrested and remains in federal detention.
No federal officers sustained life-threatening injuries, though several CBP agents were treated for minor wounds following the assault.
Despite 911 calls made by the agents, Chicago officers did not respond, following a direct “no response” order from command.
An audio recording captured the moment units en route to the scene were waved off, with the dispatcher noting, “I’m waving off all of the cars heading to 39th Place in Kedzie. Another person states, “Those are the orders we’re giving.”
Chicago attorney and former police lieutenant John Garrido, of Garrido & Stoppa, P.C., weighed in on social media, calling the stand-down directive “deeply disturbing and possibly illegal.”
He wrote:
CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON ORDERS CHICAGO POLICE TO STAND DOWN WHEN ICE CALLED FOR HELP!!
What happened today should disturb every law enforcement professional.
An ICE vehicle was reportedly forced off the road on the South Side of Chicago and crashed. The offender fled on foot. ICE called for assistance. The 9th District’s Captain (beat 999) did exactly what any good supervisor should do, he ordered cars to respond, check for injuries, document the crash, and render aid.
Moments later, about a block away, an ICE agent called out that they were being surrounded and boxed in by a mob, a clear “officers need assistance” situation. Again, the 9th District Captain ordered units to respond.
But before they could arrive, that same Captain came back over the radio and said that per the Chief of Patrol, officers were to stand down and not respond to assist the ICE agents.
Let’s be clear:
The Illinois TRUST Act (5 ILCS 805) and Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance (Chapter 2-173) prohibit local officers from assisting in civil immigration enforcement, such as detaining someone solely for immigration status.
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in those laws prohibits officers from responding to an emergency, rendering medical aid, or protecting life and property.
In fact, under Illinois law (720 ILCS 5/7-15 and 5/7-16), every peace officer has a duty to render aid and a duty to intervene to prevent harm or injury when it is safe to do so.
To order officers to ignore a call for help from fellow law enforcement, any law enforcement, isn’t just a violation of basic ethics. It could be gross negligence, dereliction of duty, and possibly even criminal if harm resulted.
In my 32 years of service with the Chicago Police Department, I have never heard anything this egregious. No badge should ever be told to turn their back on another officer in distress. Period.
CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON ORDERS CHICAGO POLICE TO STAND DOWN WHEN ICE CALLED FOR HELP!!
What happened today should disturb every law enforcement professional.
An ICE vehicle was reportedly forced off the road on the South Side of Chicago and crashed. The offender fled on…
— John Garrido (@JohnGarridoIII) October 4, 2025
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