In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fight for accountability.
Marimar Martinez began to realize she’d been shot by a Border Patrol agent last fall when she lost control of her right hand.
Driving away from a collision with three agents at 39th and Kedzie, Martinez felt her fingers go stiff. Her body began to fe... [13822 chars]