Pritzker said the Illinois National Guard learned that the Department of Homeland Security sent a memo to the Department of War, formerly the Department of Defense, seeking 100 troops. Raoul urged protesters to stay peaceful and said it is illegal to block federal agents from doing their jobs, including trying to block vehicles. The Chicago Sun-Times also reported on a verbal altercation between Bovino and a protestor who was videotaping the federal agents’ march through Chicago. “In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters when unprovoked, what would we call it?” Pritzker asked. “If federal agents march down busy streets, harassing civilians and demanding their papers, what would we say?