Daniel Biss
Role at the time: Mayor of Evanston, speaking to Evanston RoundTable
Condemned
Statement summary
Mayor Daniel Biss said DHS has repeatedly lied about its violent tactics and has no credibility.
“DHS has repeatedly lied about their violent tactics in Chicagoland and nationally. They have no credibility whatsoever.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Kavanaugh stop incident in EvanstonParagraph quoting Mayor Daniel Biss's Tuesday afternoon remarks
Evanston RoundTable directly quotes Mayor Daniel Biss criticizing DHS's credibility, in an article explaining the Kavanaugh-stop legal standard DHS invoked.
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Biss directly accuses DHS of repeated dishonesty about its tactics and says it has no credibility. This is a strong condemnation of the agency's conduct and truthfulness, beyond his earlier, more neutral statement about the incident.