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Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social · 10h

Those 34 years would have been 26 years if the Cook County Conviction Integrity Unit had cleared Francisco Benitez instead of denying him in 2015. He's one of at least 21 people the group rejected who were later exonerated. You can read about it in my @injusticewatch.org series Denying Innocence.

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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 11h

With Chicago in the crosshairs of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement blitz, and National Guard troops now on the ground in the area, rumors are swirling around potential ICE raids on Chicago Marathon participants and spectators.

https://to.wttw.com/3IUSkhW

With Rumors Swirling Around Possible ICE Activity at Chicago Marathon, Johnson Says ‘We’re Encouraging Everyone to Get Out to Celebrate’

The Chicago Park District has shot down a social media rumor that it had received any information about ICE agents targeting Sunday’s upcoming Chicago Marathon for enforcement activities.

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Dan Vock @danvock.bsky.social · 13h

US Sen. Dick Durbin and AG Pam Bondi clash over Guard in Illinois and Justice Department politicization. Check out my story for @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/07/p...

US Sen. Dick Durbin and AG Pam Bondi clash over Guard in Illinois and Justice Department politicization

Attorney General Pam Bondi defended herself against Democratic criticism that she had weaponized the Justice Department at a congressional hearing.

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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 15h

Mayor Brandon Johnson told reporters at a Tuesday morning City Hall news conference that he had not been notified that Texas National Guard troops had entered the city.

“It’s illegal, unconstitutional,” Johnson said. https://to.wttw.com/432ssrj

National Guard Arrives in Chicago Area as Local Officials Await Judge’s Ruling

“It’s illegal, unconstitutional,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said. “It’s dangerous. It’s wrong. This is not about deportations, this is not about safety for this president. This is about authoritarianism. ...

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 15h

Asked by journalists about ICE raids on Chicago, the Pope responded: “I prefer not to comment at this time about choices made, about political choices, in the United States.”

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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 16h

Can Chicago truly enforce an "ICE free zone" or is this executive order symbolic?

"We most certainly will," Mayor Brandon Johnson said Monday, adding they will use "every single tool available" to do so, including the courts.

Watch the full interview: https://to.wttw.com/4nP3F2n

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 17h

This post is dangerously close to escaping containment, so I'll just say that this was *obviously* sarcastic and designed to highlight the fact that Chicago can not be the best big city in America AND the war zone that Patel and Trump believe it to be

Read the room ❤️

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 17h

Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomes FBI Director Kash Patel to Chicago, and says he looks forward to Patel spending money in Chicago, which he notes was just voted the best big city in America by Condé Nast for the ninth year in a row. @wttw.bsky.social

Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses the news media

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 17h

Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomes FBI Director Kash Patel to Chicago, and says he looks forward to Patel spending money in Chicago, which he notes was just voted the best big city in America by Condé Nast for the ninth year in a row. @wttw.bsky.social

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 19h

“In no way are we going to accept this.” @wttw.bsky.social

‘In No Way Are We Going to Accept This’: Johnson Vows to Resist Trump’s National Guard Deployment

“We’re not going to be intimidated in Chicago,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said. “It’s my responsibility to stand up to tyranny and to make sure that we are defending the people of this city.”

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

TY TY

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

This is in Broadview, not Chicago

Broadview, again, is a *western* suburb of Chicago

You are spreading misinformation and making my already incredibly hard job even harder if you don't get this right

I'm going to die on this hill

jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

"don't post when mad," I remind myself

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

no

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

"We can't have a situation where federal agents are shooting and killing the people of this city," Johnson said.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

"We don't want a federalized occupation in our city," Johnson said, insisting that the executive order he signed today can be used to stop federal agents conducting immigration enforcement raids from using city property like school parking lots and parks to stage those operations.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Mayor Brandon Johnson: The deployment of National Guard troops is "illegal," "dangerous" and "unconscionable."

"In no way are we going to accept this," Johnson said. @wttw.bsky.social

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Tune in ... now to see @brandisfriedman.bsky.social interview @mayorofchicago.bsky.social 🌟LIVE🌟 on @wttw.bsky.social

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

The lawsuit filed today by Illinois & Chicago accuses Trump and members of his administration of ordering troops to Chicago as part of a campaign that dates back to 2013 to denigrate Chicago, home to former President Barack Obama, a longtime political rival of the president.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on Chicago: "It's probably worse than almost any city in the world. You could go to Afghanistan, you could go to a lot of different places."

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Are they on duty? Are they taking those actions as part of their official acts? No.
Are they off-duty? Depends.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: "If I were the government, I might strongly consider taking a pause on this until Thursday, so that we are not in a position where we are doing a full-fledged hearing with whatever has happened."

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: U.S. District Court Judge April Perry declines to immediately issue a temporary restraining order to block the National Guard deployment, but schedules a hearing for Thursday, Gov. Pritzker announces. @wttw.bsky.social

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson asked a federal judge Monday morning to block President Donald Trump from deploying 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Chicago alongside 300 members of the Illinois National Guard. @wttw.bsky.social

Gov. JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson Ask Judge to Block Trump From Deploying 400 Texas National Guard Troops to Chicago

The lawsuit filed by Illinois and Chicago officials calls the looming deployment of both Texas and Illinois National Guard troops a politically motivated and unconstitutional federal overreach.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

“Our officers were not told to stand down,” Snelling said, adding that an inquiry is underway to determine what order was issued by the chief of patrol to officers at the start of the incident.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Snelling: CPD will not assist federal agents carry out immigration enforcement actions.
But CPD will act to keep the peace at moments of confrontation, he adds.
“We learned some things” after what happened Saturday.
An after-action analysis is underway.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

“CPD will not arrest federal agents,” Snelling said, adding that is not how the law works.

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