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Kat
@bondkat42.bsky.social
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Labor lawyer, admin law lawyer, abolitionist, mutual aid believer, intersectional feminist, queer, sff con-runner, bibliophile, and many more flavors. Live in Seattle.

Opinions are my own and not my employers.
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bondkat42.bsky.social
It's just.....delusional to think that an agency who has already violated 96 court orders since Jan 1st will change their ways if we just put some guardrails in place. I did not stutter when I said Abolish ICE and no more money.
January 29, 2026 at 12:10 AM
bondkat42.bsky.social
I cannot adequately express how f*cking mad I am right now.
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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wawhistles.bsky.social
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January 27, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
The request includes a declaration from a witness who filmed today's shooting of Pretti.

Read their words:

"I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26 where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them—he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
January 25, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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shannonheffernan.bsky.social
Below is our story about the skyrocketing number of kids detained by ICE.

We cover the facility where Liam is now being held-- parents said food had worms and mold, and kids were so distressed they hit themselves in the face and wet themselves.

www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 22, 2026 at 9:53 PM
bondkat42.bsky.social
3. And because I can't quite wrap my mind around it: don't forget that ICE kidnapped a 5 year old, used him as bait, and also kidnapped 3 other kids from the same school. (4/4)
January 22, 2026 at 11:01 PM
bondkat42.bsky.social
2(a). You know what is violent? Shoving people to the ground is violent. Kneeling on people is violent. Shooting people in the face with pepper spray is violent. I think we all know who exactly is being violent here, and no one needs to meet violent thugs halfway. (3/4)
January 22, 2026 at 10:59 PM
bondkat42.bsky.social
2. It is not violent to yell at law enforcement. I say this as someone who hates being yelled at and finds loud noises painful. The idea that protesters, the public, and observers are being violent because they are loud is ludicrous. (2/n)
January 22, 2026 at 10:57 PM
bondkat42.bsky.social
And frankly, the idea that Dems have been fighting for us as they have continued to confirm Trump appointees, stood aside as agencies have been gutted, and filed lawsuits instead of into the streets.....its infuriating. (2/2)
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
bondkat42.bsky.social
The Trump Administration will not honor any deals. The Trump Admin has consistently not valued the work of the federal government, and the stakes are real. And high.

I am terribly stressed financially. But, a flawed deal or capitulation will not solve that.

(2/2)
November 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM