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Katherine 😷 @solidaricats.bsky.social · 1h

This morning at Broadview in Chicago. It’s spreading lol

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4h

epic sign / costume combo

a person wears a cow costume and holds a sign that reads “this heifer hates nazis”

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

Whilst we're on the subject of shocking living things, did you know police departments routinely shock human beings with tasers until they die and chalk up their deaths to a fake medical condition they call "excited delirium" that was invented by taser companies to absolve themselves of liability?

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2h

Much of ISP has withdrawn to the adjacent lot.

The crowd has continued to grow. At least a few hundred people here singing.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 3h

ISP really wants to get an elevated look here but they’ve been struggling to figure this out for almost ten minutes.

One protesters yells, “I’m certified if you need help.”

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 5h

In Broadview this morning, just outside of Chicago, where you can get a police surveillance pod, a drone, and a helicopter in a single shot.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4h

hello from the ice detention center in broadview, illinois.

a small but growing crowd of protesters are gathering along 25th street in opposition to the masked agents who are kidnapping people across chicagoland.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

Happening now: we're at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.

CCSO + Broadview police are telling protesters + press they can't stand on the west side of 25th Street for any reason.

We asked what the precise public safety issue is. They just said they're anticipating cars coming through.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Some folks have reported experiencing extended nausea and dizziness since being tear gassed in Brighton Park on Saturday. General reminder to seek medical care even if you think you can tough it out—document it all and start a paper trail. You never know if you may need it.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

The one choice that's always in your hands is to live a principled life

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday I spoke to Brandon Lee from the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee rights. He said they are still trying to get in touch with people who were taken. “This is very much a case of DHS deliberately trying to disappear people. Why else would they do it in the middle of the night?”

Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 3d

"Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing."

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

I'm off the frontline of protest for a minute, so I will be doing ICE patrols this week. There is always something to do, always a way to plug in.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

Getting more care for my shoulder this week. It's in rough shape. I may not be on the ground protesting for a minute. Getting an MRI soon. Will know more then.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3d

Beyond not believing that ten cars rammed them, no rational person believed that was even spatially possible on a Chicago street. It makes no sense!

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 3d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Katherine 😷 @solidaricats.bsky.social · 3d

IT IS RAINING IN CHICAGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Yes, I am a gardener. And yes we are in a drought.)

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 3d

The Chicago FOP put out a statement criticizing CPD’s response to the scene after Border Patrol shot an unarmed woman multiple times, but no comment at all about, you know, shooting an unarmed woman multiple times.

Or the fact those same agents tear-gassed roughly 2 dozen Chicago cops.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Kind of feels like feds occupying our city for a month, killing one person and shooting another while attacking neighborhoods with chemical weapons and kidnapping hundreds of people already counts as a civil war whether the Guard arrives or not, but what do we know?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d

Weird thing where people say “no one could have predicted it” when really what they mean is their political commitments and orientation were such that they ignored everyone who was predicting it

Sorry but “no one could have“ and you having your head stuck up your ass are two different situations

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Katherine 😷 @solidaricats.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for posting this update. I saw his wife’s post yesterday and am glad to hear he was released, and also learn more details—which are awful details but I’m glad we’re learning them!

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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 5d

This is harrowing. This Oak Park Trustee says he was "pulled to the ground" by Gregory Bovino personally at Broadview and later put "on display" for Kristi Noem inside the facility grounds.

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Muñoz, OP township trustee, detained and released by ICE - Wednesday Journal

Juan Muñoz, an Oak Parker who serves as an Oak Park Township Trustee, was detained by ICE Friday as he took part in a protest at the immigration detention center in Broadview.

www.oakpark.com

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Katherine 😷 @solidaricats.bsky.social · 5d

Not even a well written threat, I know it’s supposed to be a threat but…is this threatening or supportive

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 5d

ICIRR, BPNC, and the southwest side rapid response team are out with a joint statement recounting what rapid response team members and neighbors observed at 40th & Kedzie, where federal agents shot somebody earlier today, repudiating DHS claims.

Full statement here: www.instagram.com/p/DPaGLCEjW5C

A graphic labeled 7 of 12 reads:

Today in the area of 4000 S. Kedzie, Rapid Response Teams and community members firsthand witnessed:
• Federal agents crashed into a civilian vehicle and caused a multi-car collision on Kedzie
• ICE fired approximately 5 shots at a car, one person was shot
• Stemming from that collision, ICE detained a US citizen who remains in custody
• Multiple uses of pepper spray and tear gas on unarmed community members, including throwing smoke bombs upon exiting the area

A graphic labeled 8 of 12 reads:

Today in the area Of 4000 S. Kedzie, Rapid Response Teams and community members firsthand witnessed (continued):
• Use of militarized tactical vehicles, including a tank, and helicopters in a residential neighborhood
• ICE agents were driving recklessly in a residential area
• ICE agents showing extreme aggression and violence towards community members
• ICE agents refused to show a warrant when violently detaining multiple community members in the area
• Teams and community members did NOT witness or participate in any "boxing in" as described by DHS.

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Katherine 😷 @solidaricats.bsky.social · 5d

Just sitting here thinking of the hopeful tenderness within bringing your guitar, trumpet, accordion to a protest that’s facing down line of fully armed and salivating-for-violence cops. 🥹

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 5d

This is a theme we keep repeating too. Until you see it for yourself, I think it’s hard to really understand how completely unnecessary and disproportionately violent the federal response has been.

How much is for fun, terror, or social media, I don’t know. A mix of the three for sure.

Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 5d

I've never seen such escalation and use of force toward ends I just could not see. There was no real property destruction, no pushing into the neighborhoods to make arrests, very little obstructing of traffic. Saw chemicals and bangs deployed down streets the feds were not facing and did not travel.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 5d

Lots of questions about living conditions in South Shore following the federal agents militarized raid earlier this week.

This piece provides some historical context and framing around how Venezuelans landed in the predominantly-Black Chicago neighborhood.

thetriibe.com/2025/04/some...

Some see housing stock and affordability as underlying reasons why migrants landed in Black Chicago neighborhoods • The TRiiBE

As three Black neighborhoods were at the top for permanent migrant housing, residents are looking for all forms of government to put their communities first

thetriibe.com

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Katherine 😷 @solidaricats.bsky.social · 5d

You’ve never heard of the SE side? Bro. *mutes*

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 5d

“injured on duty”

by the feds

Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 5d

CPD has 20+ injured on duty this afternoon, most/all from federal use of gas. Related: no arrests by CPD, no documented uses of force by CPD. (I wasn't everywhere / didn't see every skirmish. And possibly some late-entry TRR forms to come.) Saw two federal arrests, saw one on video didn't witness.

Peter Nickeas @peternickeas.bsky.social · 5d

Chaos in Brighton Park. This is representative of the amount / direction of pepper and smoke sent into the neighborhood, in this case, for no reason I can discern other than because they were leaving. Feds had a clear path out in a different direction, and residents were vocal but not violent here.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 5d

All eyes on Broadview, Illinois tonight.

Broadview is a suburb about 12 miles west of Chicago.

Our friends are reporting on the scene ⬇️

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

Heard an officer say "let's do it" and then, in the dark, they tackle Rabbi Ben to the ground. He's being loaded into a CCSO wagon now. Broadview police also here screaming at people.

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