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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 6d

“They know that they can’t arrest us just simply for protesting. So instead, they drag us away onto their property and give us felonies for trespassing. That’s how they’re silencing us,” one veteran said Thursday. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/v... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Veterans Speak Out Against ICE's 'Mob Tactics' In Broadview: 'Our Democracy Is Being Crushed'

“They know that they can't arrest us just simply for protesting. So instead, they drag us away onto their property and give us felonies for trespassing,” one veteran said Thursday.

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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 6d

This story is so complex, and worth a read.
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South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 6d

Rodrick Johnson, a U.S. citizen, said he heard “people dropping on the roof” before FBI agents kicked in his door. He was stuffed inside a van with his neighbors for what felt like several hours until agents told them the building was clear, he said.

“They didn’t tell me why I was being detained."

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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 6d

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

@blockclubchi.bsky.social's Mack Liederman & I went in the already rundown apartment. We saw severe damage — doors kicked in, water damage, blood & clothes on the floor etc
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 6d

There are five hundred and ten (510) days until the next mayoral election in Chicago, set for Feb. 23, 2027.

Uncrewed @uncrewed.bsky.social · 7d

Don't think anyone has noticed this yet, but an hour ago, #IL05 Congressman Mike Quigley updated his campaign finance page with the state of Illinois to show that he's running for Mayor of Chicago in 2027.

Could be soon officially joining a *VERY* crowded field

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 7d

A man accused of assaulting a federal agent in Broadview should be released, a judge says. "We follow the law here." blockclubchi.co/42Twe6b

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 7d

HAPPENING NOW — Video obtained by The TRiiBE shows a federal agent with his hands around the neck of a Black man following an apparent car crash on the West Side near California Avenue and Congress Parkway.

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Video shows feds ‘choking’ a Black man in East Garfield Park • The TRiiBE

“Why is you choking him, man? Why is he choking him, man?” a man says at the scene.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 7d

An icon

Jane Goodall Recalls Chicago's Role In Her Life Of Activism

The renowned ethologist said she switched from "scientist" to "activist" after a 1986 visit to the Lincoln Park Zoo. She returned to the zoo for some special appearances over the weekend.

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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 7d

Rest in Peace, Jane. I’m so grateful we got to meet and report on you in Chicago last month.

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Jane Goodall Recalls Chicago's Role In Her Life Of Activism

The renowned ethologist said she switched from "scientist" to "activist" after a 1986 visit to the Lincoln Park Zoo. She returned to the zoo for some special appearances over the weekend.

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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 7d

Bronzeville Homeless Shelter Residents 'Traumatized' After Feds Chase, Arrest 4 People
via @thewayoftheid.bsky.social & Mack Liederman / @blockclubchi.bsky.social
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Bronzeville Homeless Shelter Residents 'Traumatized' After Feds Chase, Arrest 4 People

The federal agents arrived in unmarked minivans and detained four people outside a shelter run by a local church's charity Wednesday.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 7d

Allow me to be the first to wish y’all a very

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 7d

new: in mid-september, dhs paid lake forest-based pepperball $1.1 million for “pressurized air launchers.”

the federal government has spent millions in recent years on launchers and chemical projectiles like the ones agents are now using to brutalize protesters.

via @juggaloreporter.bsky.social:

DHS shops local

The federal government recently paid a company in Lake Forest $1 million for launchers to shoot pepper balls like those showering protesters.

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 7d

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

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.

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 8d

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

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Alex V. Hernandez @avhndz.bsky.social · 8d

“ICE has to stop unprovoked, chemical arms attacks on peaceful protesters and on journalists. This behavior is not normal. This is not Putin’s Russia. This is the United States of America,” said Broadview Mayor Katrina Thomas. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/30/f... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Feds Are Tear Gassing Police, First Responders In Broadview, Officials Say: 'This Is Not Putin's Russia'

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson said the feds must do a better job of working with local officials.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 8d

Homeland Security wants 100 troops to help protect ICE agents in Illinois, Gov. Pritzker says. blockclubchi.co/4pIFAvH

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 8d

dozens of federal agents with border patrol and the fbi raided an apartment building in south shore shortly after 1 am as part of a “targeted immigration enforcement operation.”

neighbors report hearing flash-bangs and screaming, and one person told abc 7 they saw two people detained.

Federal agents surround South Shore apartment building as DHS requests military deployment

Questions remain after the announcement that the federal government plans to send military personnel to the Chicago area.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 9d

DHS response to this + Chicago Headline Club statement on @peoplesfabric.com being detained and reporters being “shot intentionally with bean bags, chemical munitions” by federal agents outside Broadview:

“No member of the media at CBS or any other outlet was ‘attacked.’“

Attacks and targeting of journalists by
ICE must stop immediately!

The Board of Directors of the Chicago Headline Club condemns the targeting of journalists, reporters and photographers covering protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and other federal agencies.

The Headline Club is calling for ICE, Customs and Border Protection and others assigned to Operation Midway Blitz to stop this practice immediately. The Headline Club is aware of incidents of journalists being shot intentionally with bean bags, chemical munitions and at least one working journalist being taken into custody on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025.

Journalists have a constitutionally-protected right to cover stories as afforded by the First Amendment. No federal or state agency should interfere with that right either by threats or action taken against working journalists.

The Headline Club demands that Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and Board Patrol Commander of Operations At Large Gregory Bovino take immediate action to ensure journalists are not targeted by officers of ICE or the Department of Homeland Security.

Respectfully,
The Chicago Headline Club Board of Directors

DHS Statement in response:

"Absolutely not. No member of the media at CBS or any other outlet was "attacked." For their safety, we remind members of the media and journalists to exercise caution as they cover these violent riots. We have seen rioters throwing rocks, armed with guns, slashing tires, throwing tear gas cans and other violent acts. Secretary Noem has been clear: rioters will not stop or slow us down from removing the worst of the worst."

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9d

Lol ok

Skull mask fed aiming at my lens and face

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 9d

We working on verifying and documenting reports of multiple journalists assaulted, arrested and other press freedom violations while they covered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in and around Chicago recently.

Here's what we're tracking so far:

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: The Chicago Headline Club — the local chapter of the @spj-posts.bsky.social — has released a statement condemning ICE attacks on reporters.

In recent days, ICE has shot journalists in the face with pepper balls, assaulted journalists, and detained a reporter in Chicago.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 9d

Large groups of border patrol agents marched through Downtown Sunday, patrolling some of the most high-trafficked spots in the city and detaining members of a family at Millennium Park, according to witnesses and local officials. blockclubchi.co/3Kqqris

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 9d

ICE fired a chemical weapon at a TV reporter in Broadview. The "unprovoked" attack is now under investigation. blockclubchi.co/4mHRQd8

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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 12d

After over thirty minutes along 25th Ave, federal agents marched backwards to behind the fence. About two dozen protesters are meandering through the parking lot toward the fence and some agents are walking away.
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Colin Boyle @colinbphoto.bsky.social · 12d

That got so tense. Federal agents forced protesters back to 25th Ave. with flash bangs, tear gas, and pepper balls up close. Looks like two people got detained. Now stagnant on the sidewalk along 25th Ave/Harvard in Broadview.
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