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Chris Herring

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NBA reporter for ESPN. NYT best-selling author. Chicagoan living in New York. Michigan alum.

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Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · Nov 13

What's good, y'all? Trying this out since it looks exactly like the old thing, minus ... ...

Anyway, the paperback version of my book dropped this wk, in case you need a holiday gift for anyone! Would appreciate the support, & really appreciate those who already have. www.amazon.com/Blood-Garden...

Book cover of Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

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404 Media @404media.co · 1h

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

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Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 20h

Here’s video of the incident

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Defector @defector.com · 23h

Two months later, on July 12, the couple were in the area of Bristol, Conn., staying at a hotel. Hill had been yelling at Vaccaro all day because "she was not doing what he wanted her to do," the document said. Inside their hotel room, with some of Hill's other children and family waiting in the lobby, Vaccaro told Hill that she didn't want to go out because she was pregnant and didn't feel well. Hill responded by picking up Vaccaro's phone and throwing it at her face. He then "threw a punch and tried to hit her pregnant stomach, but she deflected it," the document said. Hill also "ripped at her hair and pulled some hair out, then grabbed her purse and flung it across the room," the record said.

Vaccaro was very far along in her pregnancy in November of 2024, when the couple along with some family were at their Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., condominium getting ready to leave for a Dolphins game. Hill got angry with Vaccaro while they were in the bedroom, with the rest of their family in the living area, and spat in her face, the document said. She gave birth to their daughter the next day.

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 1d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

If you watch closely, you'll see they're doing this opposite an actual funeral procession.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4d

CPD moved through the feds to form another barrier between protestors and feds. Enrages the crowd. Water bottle thrown. A second later, feds deploy gas, even on un-equipped CPD. People scatter, including CPD.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4d

Continued video of feds gassing protestors and CPD alike. In the chaos one woman came to a CPD officer asking for help for a relative that she says feds just grabbed.

Officer response: "We just clocked in. We don't know what's going on."

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Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · 4d

The sheer beauty of the spaces you can walk in for free is something I’ll always love about that campus. Just gorgeous. Especially when school is starting, and leaves change colors

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Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · 4d

I really might, lol

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😂😂😂

Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing in A2 is, unfortunately. I miss it like hell, but it’s enjoyable in a fully different way once you aren’t on a student’s budget anymore

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Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · 4d

😂 I will rewatch later!

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Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · 4d

So happy for him.

Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · 4d

ROD MOORE

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Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · 4d

Watching the Michigan game at my best friend’s house, on level of his home, while he, as a Cubs fan, watches the Cubs on the lower level of his house.

I was cheering on Michigan’s touchdown. He is having a very opposite experience right now downstairs.

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Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · 4d

They keep talking up Marsh, who I like. But I love McCulley on this team, man. Does everything.

Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · 4d

EXTREMELY competent

Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · 4d

I damn-near had to as well. Anytime I ate there as a student, it was bc of one of housemates’ parents would take us when they came into town. But the food was SO good

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Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · 4d

That’s a catch! McCulley

Chris Herring @herringnba.bsky.social · 4d

That play gave me multiple heart conditions. What the heck.