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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 57m

I’m not talking about the kind of thing you can photograph or advertise, though goodness knows religious imagery has been a major part of the wave of protest and dissent we’re seeing at the moment. It’s just this background thing that runs alongside everything else that’s going on.

Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 57m

Something sort of interesting I’ve noticed is that this conviction has followed me almost everywhere since I’ve started covering violence and its responses and preventative measures intensively. Doesn’t matter where — a street corner or a village hall or a parking lot.

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 57m

Thompson and almost everyone I spoke to around her are really serious about their faith, and the idea that there is something holding them even when things feel chaotic and unstable.

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 1h

Went to church and a bunch of other places with Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson as she navigates an intense chapter in the life of the village and the country as a whole.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/11/r...

Refusing ‘a position of fear,’ Broadview’s mayor deals with ICE and a national spotlight

Broadview, the 2.2 square-mile, majority-Black village, where Katrina Thompson is in her third term as mayor, has become the locus of what she sees as both a spiritual fight and a political battle.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 21h

He banged his head against the wall, but he still could not think of a story.

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 1d

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 1d

“Who knows what tomorrow may bring… tomorrow the feds may be on unicycles.” - a transit oriented friend as we are (trying) to make plans in a rapidly changing news landscape

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 2d

Journalism is so glamorous pt infinity: sitting in the grass in an industrial corridor writing and peering around for national guard troops

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 2d

A man came home from work yesterday to find his roommate dead and tied up in their Bridgeport apartment following an apparent burglary, per a police report. No firm ID yet on the victim.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/a...

Man found dead, tied up in apparent burglary in Bridgeport: report

A Bridgeport man came home from work Tuesday to find his roommate dead and tied up in their shared apartment after an apparent burglary, according to a police report obtained by the Tribune.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 2d

Hey Ms. Sheridan. Sounds like a really stressful week for you. Are you willing to send me an email at [email protected]?

Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

Mayor Thompson adjourns the meeting. I have covered hundreds of local government meetings and don’t think I have ever covered one with that much singing.

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

Encourages love over hate and says protesters get to go home at the end of the day, without the “drama and trauma” of an ICE facility in their hometowns.

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

Says she tried to visit the processing center and meet with Noem and was told she was unavailable. And reaffirms her commitment to 1A rights but says she has to balance those rights with well-being of Broadview residents.

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

On Friday, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem tried to visit village hall, claiming she needed to use the bathroom.

“I’ve never known a public official to bring a photographer, videographer to a bathroom break.”

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

Mayor Thompson is addressing the comments.
On the “crisis of leadership” brought up by the first commenter, she says she needs to get her facts right. Then says she is here to be the messenger of love and kindness.
Thanks the police dept. for “doing a good job for this community.”

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

James Madigan, of Oak Park, is here on behalf of I think Paul Ivery, who was arrested and charged with threatening federal officers last week. Wants to know the relationship between Broadview Police and ICE.

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

…”Soldiers of the I-C-E, we ain’t gonna stop til Broadview is free.”

Another commenter discussing the EO, which limits protesting hours to 9-6. Says does not comply with constitutional time, place and manner restrictions. Says treats protesters’ messages more harshly than ICE.

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

Adam Gottlieb, a protester who is a regular presence at the processing center, is speaking against the EO, “which collaborates with these forces of fear and repression… show us which side you’re on.” Now they are singing another song about “the violence of the soldier

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

Speaker says he thinks it unlikely the agents would harm the BFD/BPD.

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

Thompson inquired about the name of the song (“Speedily in our days”) and thanks Karen for her comment. A guy whose name I didn’t catch is calling for Broadview to take the fence down on Beach Street. “The time has come to go beyond those words and to calmly, nonviolently take down the fence.”

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

A woman named I think Karen from nearby Westchester is asking about the new restrictions on protesting hours via the recently signed EO. Says she is requesting an exemption for the volunteer supply tent.

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

A woman who identifies herself as part of the movement outside the processing center about a quarter mile down the road says she feels the need to share a song.
Then this happened:

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

First is Angela Patterson, discussing a “crisis of leadership” in the Broadview Police Dept. Chief Thomas Mills is standing 18 in from the podium.

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

On to public comment, oh boy. “Quite a list,” per Clerk Kevin McGrier

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 4d

They are establishing a consent agenda — items to be passed on one go without discussion. If Broadview were part of my beat then I would have scoured the consent agenda before the meeting but today had to do this instead. W help from @royalpratt.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

Chicago police will respond to federal calls for help, Larry Snelling says, and denies cops were ordered to stand down

Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling on Monday said CPD would respond to any call of a crime being committed following uproar over his department’s role in the aftermath of two hit-and-runs…

www.chicagotribune.com

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