The spectacular collapse of a case against ICE protesters: ‘It’s not justice, but it is a win’
Though the federal government’s prosecution fell apart, the Broadview Six of Illinois say their lives have been upended Michael Rabbitt was 4,000 miles (6,400km) away from home last October, celebrating his 30th wedding anniversary in Portugal, when a pair of messages from the FBI brought news that would upend his life. He was under federal indictment, and was ordered to surrender by the next day. The month before, Rabbitt, 62, had been protesting at an ICE detention facility in the Chicago sub…

