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D65: Horton investigation took two years - Evanston Now

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 8h

NEW: Evanston/Skokie D65 says the investigation into former superintendent Devon Horton began in July 2023 shortly after he resigned his role to take a job as superintendent at DeKalb County Schools in Atlanta.

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District says it's considering civil claims for restitution.

Reposted by Matthew Eadie

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

Full indictment here:

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

Full indictment here:

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Former D65 Superintendent Horton indicted - Evanston Now

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

STORY HERE//
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District says it's "deeply troubled" by the allegations.

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

An attorney for Horton wrote in a statement that Horton is "eager to address his case in court so he can return his focus to bettering the lives and education of children."

"His leadership bettered the school system for the children and families of District 65," the attorney said.

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATED with the full indictment, which alleges 17 counts of tax fraud, wire fraud and embezzlement in a "scheme" with three other individuals

The indictment alleges Horton funneled money from D65 and Chicago Public Schools to himself for personal use

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

Report: Former D65 Superintendent Horton indicted - Evanston Now

District says it's "deeply troubled" by allegations.

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

Report: Former D65 Superintendent Horton indicted - Evanston Now

District says it's "deeply troubled" by allegations.

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Evanston-Skokie D65 said Thursday that its former superintendent, Devon Horton, was indicted Thursday for "acts he allegedly committed while serving as Superintendent of District 65.”

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

Most of these claims come from Field Office Director Russell Hott, who runs the Chicago ICE office

Hott said ERO used over $100,000 in less-lethal ammo from Sept. 6 to Sept. 20

The full response is 132 pages long and a hearing is scheduled for Thursday on this

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

The admin is claiming more than thirty officers are injured during "assaults on federal law enforcement" and says an officer tore their ACL, another's beard was "ripped from an officer's face" (?), among other injuries (see below)

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

They accuse protesters of being "organized" and "brought onsite in vans."

(But provide zero evidence or citations to this specific claim, probably because it's untrue)

They also claim "rioters have sought to permanently maim ERO personnel" (with strobe lights and whistles)

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

The feds filed the response late tonight and accuse protesters at the Broadview ICE facility of being organized "violent opportunists, rioters, and protesters."

The administration is accusing protesters of vandalizing, among other things, a plumbing spout at the ICE facility...

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Photos from the Sept. 19 protests that included Kat Abughazaleh being thrown to the ground by ICE agents and multiple others, including Abughazaleh, Daniel Biss and Bushra Amiwala being tear gassed appear in the government's response to Illinois' lawsuit blocking Ntl. Guard

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 3d

Inbox: Daniel Biss’ congressional campaign said the Evanston mayor raised over $600,000 in Q3

He raised $702,000 in the first few months if his campaign and his campaign says he had more then $1 million in cash on hand

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 4d

Oh and saying “agent intelligence that indicates there’s illegal alienage in a particular place or location.”

Like what?

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 4d

Also this is incredible

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Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 4d

Which is still pretty clearly racially profiling…

As Bovino said in the WBEZ interview, their “suspicion” of someone being illegal was “proven true”

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 4d

“Articulable facts” very likely corresponds to SCOTUS’ ruling that you can racially profile people if they’re exhibiting enough stereotypical features of undocumented people

(I.e., look Hispanic AND speak Spanish AND work low wage jobs, in the words of Brett Kavanaugh)

Transcript: Gregory Bovino says arrestees in downtown Chicago chosen partly based on ‘how they look’

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s the whole transcript

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 10d

Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S. #BorderPatrol, claims a @wbez.org/@chicago.suntimes.com report about his comments Sunday in downtown #Chicago was "grossly inaccurate" and taken out of context. So we've posted the interview's unedited AUDIO and TRANSCRIPT:
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WBEZ reporter Chip Mitchell spoke with U.S. Border Patrol commander about a deportation blitz downtown and in the upscale River North neighborhood. Here is the transcript and unedited audio interview.

www.wbez.org

Matthew Eadie @mattheweadie.bsky.social · 4d

The funny part about this is that the @chipmitchell1.bsky.social asked CBP this and the head of CBP pretty explicitly explained it