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· Aug 20
We focused on the rapid proliferation of license plate readers and adoption of real-time crime center systems, but police spent loads on other tech.
For instance, police in Oak Brook, Countryside, North Riverside, and Willowbrook bought handheld & vehicle-mounted StarChase GPS launchers.
For instance, police in Oak Brook, Countryside, North Riverside, and Willowbrook bought handheld & vehicle-mounted StarChase GPS launchers.
ICYMI: A new lawsuit says CPD brass & city officials failed to investigate or warn a female CPD detective after learning a male homicide detective proposed putting a hit out on her.
The complaint also says his target recently found a GPS tracker hidden on her car.
The complaint also says his target recently found a GPS tracker hidden on her car.
December 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
ICYMI: A new lawsuit says CPD brass & city officials failed to investigate or warn a female CPD detective after learning a male homicide detective proposed putting a hit out on her.
The complaint also says his target recently found a GPS tracker hidden on her car.
The complaint also says his target recently found a GPS tracker hidden on her car.
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Local news mentioned that Greg Bovino stopped to take photos with people in Slidell, Louisiana but failed to mention that several of these people were part of the local Proud Boys chapter even though they were seen wearing Proud Boys gear.
www.wdsu.com/article/new-...
www.wdsu.com/article/new-...
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Local news mentioned that Greg Bovino stopped to take photos with people in Slidell, Louisiana but failed to mention that several of these people were part of the local Proud Boys chapter even though they were seen wearing Proud Boys gear.
www.wdsu.com/article/new-...
www.wdsu.com/article/new-...
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It’s crazy how the “Don’t tread on me!” and “Live free or die” crowd is fine with masked gangs of anonymous armed federal agents hassling, detaining, and assaulting people on the streets “papers please”-style.
This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.
This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.
Here's interview with US citizen scanned by ICE's facial recognition tech. Walking home from gym, authorities come over. He says he's a citizen. Put him in car. Only release after scanning his face
“Flagrant violation of rights and incompatible with a free society”
www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...
“Flagrant violation of rights and incompatible with a free society”
www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
www.404media.co
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It’s crazy how the “Don’t tread on me!” and “Live free or die” crowd is fine with masked gangs of anonymous armed federal agents hassling, detaining, and assaulting people on the streets “papers please”-style.
This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.
This feels like the most basic freedom of not living in a fascist police state.
Guess the whole “be respectful” thing only applies to dead white Christian nationalists.
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Guess the whole “be respectful” thing only applies to dead white Christian nationalists.
Timeline cleanse 🌙
December 15, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Timeline cleanse 🌙
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When your “exclusive” lasts all of 7 hours, because you publicly named a guy who was never charged with a crime, and who now is being hounded by trolls, and will have this show up in internet searches for the rest of his life.
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
When your “exclusive” lasts all of 7 hours, because you publicly named a guy who was never charged with a crime, and who now is being hounded by trolls, and will have this show up in internet searches for the rest of his life.
I can’t believe all the outlets that ran this guy’s photo, name, and bio based on what? A cop leaked his name?
BREAKING: Providence Mayor Brett Smiley says they are releasing the person of interest who was taken into custody this in the Brown University shooting this morning.
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I can’t believe all the outlets that ran this guy’s photo, name, and bio based on what? A cop leaked his name?
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BREAKING: Providence Mayor Brett Smiley says they are releasing the person of interest who was taken into custody this in the Brown University shooting this morning.
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
BREAKING: Providence Mayor Brett Smiley says they are releasing the person of interest who was taken into custody this in the Brown University shooting this morning.
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An ICE Air flight carried migrants from Alexandria, LA, to the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay today—the first migrants held at GTMO since October 17.
December 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
An ICE Air flight carried migrants from Alexandria, LA, to the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay today—the first migrants held at GTMO since October 17.
Interesting look at these potential miracle cures and how they are essentially incompatible with our current healthcare system due to costs and insurers.
Breakthrough genetic therapies can save lives, but many cost millions for single dose
A new class of life-saving drugs is helping children who once had no hope. But some carry a price tag of millions for a single dose, and the American healthcare system hasn't figured out how to pay.
www.cbsnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Interesting look at these potential miracle cures and how they are essentially incompatible with our current healthcare system due to costs and insurers.
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One of the victims of the antisemitic massacre in Australia was a Holocaust survivor. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Holocaust survivor, London-born rabbi and 10-year-old girl among victims of Bondi beach terror attack
At least 16 people including one of the alleged gunmen died at the shooting in Sydney on Sunday, aged between 10 and 87
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
One of the victims of the antisemitic massacre in Australia was a Holocaust survivor. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Bear down Broncos
December 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Bear down Broncos
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
They are. But they also lie with abandon.
DHS is shockingly incompetent.
December 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
They are. But they also lie with abandon.
Bears advance from funny to fun.
Bears are the funniest team in football rn
honestly one of the funniest games I’ve seen. can’t make this up.
December 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Bears advance from funny to fun.
One thing GenAI can probably do ok is make pharmaceutical TV ads.
December 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
One thing GenAI can probably do ok is make pharmaceutical TV ads.
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The ACLU of Minnesota said it has heard of “at least a dozen” U.S. citizens of Somali descent being detained during recent ICE operations — a pattern attorney Ian Bratlie described as unlawful racial profiling that fails to meet the legal standard of reasonable suspicion.
As ICE activity intensifies, some Somali students lower their profile
Fear on Twin Cities campuses has grown following recent detentions, leaving students to reconsider their daily activities
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The ACLU of Minnesota said it has heard of “at least a dozen” U.S. citizens of Somali descent being detained during recent ICE operations — a pattern attorney Ian Bratlie described as unlawful racial profiling that fails to meet the legal standard of reasonable suspicion.
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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This is what he says when doesn’t care about the people who died
December 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is what he says when doesn’t care about the people who died
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BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
cbsn.ws
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
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I refuse to let this era be defined by the sick villains and spineless cowards. We are surrounded by everyday heroes and they will keep emerging.
Damn this video of a observer/protester climbing a ladder to hand blanket to the construction worker who was surrounded by ICE.
December 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I refuse to let this era be defined by the sick villains and spineless cowards. We are surrounded by everyday heroes and they will keep emerging.
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“ICE or migra watch is a practice that grew out of the community defense strategies developed by the Black Panthers in the late 1960s, which inspired cop-watching across the country. It is most visible on the streets, where pairs or teams document law enforcement in their own neighborhoods.”
Inside Chicago’s Neighborhood ICE Resistance
Residents have organized a formidable network to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s brutal deportation program. Their efforts are making a genuine difference.
newrepublic.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“ICE or migra watch is a practice that grew out of the community defense strategies developed by the Black Panthers in the late 1960s, which inspired cop-watching across the country. It is most visible on the streets, where pairs or teams document law enforcement in their own neighborhoods.”
It really was crazy how much they promoted this all week on their other shows. You’d think they were interviewing a world leader.
December 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It really was crazy how much they promoted this all week on their other shows. You’d think they were interviewing a world leader.
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ICE blocked from grocery entrance ✊
12/11/25 St.Paul, Minnesota
12/11/25 St.Paul, Minnesota
December 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
ICE blocked from grocery entrance ✊
12/11/25 St.Paul, Minnesota
12/11/25 St.Paul, Minnesota
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When they destroyed our Mary figure in our anti-ICE #nativity, I bet they didn’t think that we would make it MORE powerful! Honestly, if you tear something down that you don’t like, you’re pretty much never the good guy. That goes for nativities and the entire county, btw. #DHS, take note.
December 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM