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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 38m

illinois state police arrested eight additional people at broadview tonight for a total of 15 people arrested today, per an update from cook county sheriff’s office.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1h

alright, y’all.

the protest seems to have mostly wrapped up at this point. a few stragglers left on the opposite side of the street from the “free speech” zone.

i’m headed out!

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

meanwhile, back at the “free speech zone,” the illinois department of transportation is adding more concrete barricades.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

state troopers have finally packed up and are telling protesters they’re reopening 25th street.

“clear the roadway and go home,” they say.

looks like most folks are calling it a night.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

still not really sure what set this off.

state police pushed protesters maybe a block and a half from the broadview ice detention center.

but now the remaining protesters are just chilling in the street, which was supposedly part of the reason they were ordered to disperse in the first place.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2h

Telling the federal court that IL police can handle Broadview was part of the state's legal strategy against national guard being deployed here.

But it's hard to square that as for the good of protestors or Illinoisans as a whole, when IL police are perfectly willing to drag and beat them anyway.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

state police continue to push protesters down 25th street. at one point, cops swarmed a group of people and pushed them to the ground.

multiple people arrested.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

it’s a standoff now.

the vast majority of protesters have cleared out now. a small contingent of folks is playing music in the street.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

totally necessary for swat officers with rifles to be doing crowd control right?

two illinois state police swat officers stand in a street. one holds a pepper ball gun and the other holds a rifle.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 2h

state police continue to push protesters down 25th street. at one point, cops swarmed a group of people and pushed them to the ground.

multiple people arrested.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 3h

state police have pushed protesters out of the “free speech area” and into 25th street and are telling protesters to leave.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 3h

it was actually isp colonel christopher owen who gave the order

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 3h

illinois state police lt. col. jason bradley has declared an unlawful assembly and is telling protesters that they will be arrested if they don’t disperse.

the crowd isn’t moving.

didn’t catch what tipped this off but it looks like some protesters may have tried to take 25th street.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 3h

idk. we’ve seen local police driving a salvation army van for a few days.

unclear where it came from.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 3h

dinner time!

the mass of state troopers pulled back into the parking lot across from the protest. they’re eating what looks like pizza from a salvation army van.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4h

seven people have been arrested at broadview so far today, per the latest update from the cook county sheriff’s office.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4h

the crowd outside the broadview ice detention center continues to grow just about an hour before “free speech hours” end at 6 p.m.

they’re chanting, “who do you protect? who do you serve?”

quite a few vans and suvs driven by masked feds arriving back at the facility.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4h

every time we’re out here we see new types of cops.

looks like the illinois department of correction’s tactical team is also here on site.

background: www.chicagoreporter.com/new-uniforms...

two cops in dark blue uniforms stand next to another cop wearing a blue polo

a close-up of one officer’s patch. it reads “tactical dept corrections. illinois sort.”

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4h

don’t think so. uniforms are different.

couldn’t read the patch on his arm before he walked away but he was standing next to another officer from the illinois department of corrections special operations response team.

www.chicagoreporter.com/new-uniforms...

a close-up of the patch on one officer’s arm. it reads, “tactical. illinois. sort. dept. corrections”

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4h

lots of cops have been snapping photos of protesters. saw a couple sneaking pics from behind the trees earlier.

protesters still heckling cops and yelling at ice as they come/go.

unsure if the cops just think it’s funny or what.

(note the massive can on pepper spray on this guy’s vest.)

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5h

illinois state police lieutenant colonel jason bradley warns protesters that anyone who steps into the street will be arrested.

the crowd boos and jeers back.

meanwhile, a steady stream honks and cheers of support from cars passing by on 25th street.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5h

two large buses driven by masked federal agents just arrived back at the broadview ice detention center and passed through the illinois state police checkpoint.

both appeared empty.

an agent on the white bus appeared to be filming the crowd.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5h

like in previous days, a large contingent of state troopers, cook county sheriff’s police, and assorted local cops are guarding the ice detention center and keeping the streets clear for ice.

lots of protesters heckling them. a group is chanting, “they grab them! they grab us!”

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5h

while people protest, ice has been all over the chicago area today abducting people.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 9h

masked federal agents have been on a tear through chicago neighborhoods today—enabled in no small part by the state + local cops now running security for ice in broadview.

at least 2 people abducted in cicero, 2 in humboldt park/hermosa, 3 in garfield ridge. sightings in schaumburg + hanover park.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

More vehicles with masked Border Patrol agents inside departing. It's a busy, busy morning for the secret police.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 5h

hello from outside the ice detention center in broadview, illinois.

i’m at the corner of 25th and harvard, where a small (for now) crowd is gathering to protest the masked federal agents abducting people throughout chicagoland.

state and local police have already made a handful of arrests today.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 8h

i’m sure there will be no downsides to this

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