Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd issued a sharp rebuke Monday after reports confirmed that Chicago Police officers were ordered not to respond while federal immigration agents were under attack in the city’s Brighton Park neighborhood, as reported [1] by the Gateway Pundit.
The incident occurred early Saturday morning when agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) came under fire during what officials described as a “coordinated assault” involving a convoy of about ten vehicles.
The group, identified by authorities as domestic extremists protesting President Donald Trump’s deportation operations, allegedly ambushed the federal units.
The confrontation escalated when Marimar Martinez, described by federal officials as an agitator with a record of targeting ICE personnel online, rammed her vehicle into an ICE patrol unit while wielding a semi-automatic firearm.
Agents, trapped and heavily outnumbered, returned fire and struck Martinez in the shoulder. She later fled the scene and checked into Mount Sinai Hospital before being placed in FBI custody.
Another suspect, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, was apprehended and remains in federal detention. Multiple CBP officers sustained minor injuries, though none were life-threatening.
Federal officials confirmed that several 911 calls were made from the scene, but Chicago police units did not respond due to a direct “stand down” order.
An audio dispatch from the incident revealed the order in real time. “I’m waving off all of the cars heading to 39th Place in Kedzie,” one dispatcher stated. Another voice responded, “Those are the orders we’re giving.”
The decision to ignore the federal distress call sparked immediate backlash from law enforcement officials across the country. Chicago attorney and former police lieutenant John Garrido described the directive as “deeply disturbing and possibly illegal.”
On Monday, Sheriff Grady Judd released a video statement condemning the inaction. “I’ve spent my entire adult life in law enforcement, and I have never heard of one law enforcement agency not helping another when they call for help until this weekend,” Judd said. “That’s scary.”
Judd contrasted the Chicago incident with his own department’s response to an ICE operation in Florida.
“We had a single man resist ICE agents and get away from them in our community. We sent a helicopter, a drone, canine, and 50 law enforcement officers to surround an area, and we found that guy who violently resisted ICE, and we locked him up in jail where he should have been,” he said.
He warned that tolerating criminal attacks on law enforcement would lead to chaos.
“If you allow anarchists and criminals to run wild in your community, people will die. People will be shot.”
“When you have a breakdown of the rule of law, when you allow anarchists and criminals to take over the streets and attack law enforcement officers and then not send them help, that’s a slippery slope—a real slippery slope.”
Polk County Florida Sherriff Grady Judd goes the fuck off on Chicago PD for abandoning federal agents got attacked this weekend.
“If you allow anarchists and criminals to run wild in your community, people will die. People will BE shot.” pic.twitter.com/8mBoC6ggi7 [2]
— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) October 6, 2025 [3]
The incident remains under federal investigation. Neither the Chicago Police Department nor Mayor’s Office has issued a statement addressing the order given to officers during the assault.