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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 1d

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 1d

Last week, residents of a South Shore apartment building were jolted awake late at night last week when nearly 300 federal agents, backed by helicopters and flashbang grenades, stormed their homes in a massive immigration raid.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 5d

It describes the incidents and underlying conditions that gave rise to Bond v. Utreras, a federal civil rights case that has figured centrally in the public conversation about police accountability in Chicago. Read the story here: viewfromtheground.com/kicking-the-pigeon

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 5d

“Kicking the Pigeon” is a series of articles by Jamie Kalven published between July 6, 2005 and February 16, 2006 in the View From The Ground.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 10d

via @unraveledpress.com, Steve Held has been released.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 10d

NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening.

A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.

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Chicago journalist detained while covering protest outside Broadview immigration facility • The TRiiBE

Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents earlier this evening.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 10d

This reporter helped expose the falsity of ICE's narrative on the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. His work is a perfect example of why we don't have secret police.

Journalists have a constitutional right to cover protests and their aftermath. Release @peoplesfabric.com immediately.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 10d

Chaos again, feds tackling protesters at random.

They just detained @peoplesfabric.com.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 10d

Last week, an agent snatched Steve Held’s reporter credentials and shot chemical weapons at him while he reported on the protests at Broadview. Tonight, federal agents detained him while he was reporting.

We urge for his immediate release.
@peoplesfabric.com @unraveledpress.com

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 12d

The Invisible Institute reported on officers in Minnesota a police association says were undercover, but have high-profile uses of force or have been accused of misconduct. Read the story here: bit.ly/mppoalawsuit

Minnesota police group fights release of undercover officers’ names

The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association is suing the Minnesota POST forreleasing the names of undercover police officers to media outlets, but many have already been publiclyidentified.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 12d

View From the Ground is a public digital archive of Jamie Kalven & Patricia Evans’ reporting from the State Street Corridor during Chicago’s Plan for Transformation. This period of reporting is our organization's origin story. Read the archives here: www.viewfromtheground.com

View from the Ground

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 12d

In 2000, the CHA launched its “Plan for Transformation” to demolish high-rise public housing buildings and replace them with mixed-income housing. Twenty-five years later, many former residents remain displaced and affordable housing is still scarce.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 13d

Have a car? Our reporting team focused on sexual assault by the Chicago Police plans to distribute copies of our investigation and findings about assault within the department.
If you’d like to volunteer at the end of September, sign up here: bit.ly/btsprintdistro

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 15d

Presented here as a public collection for the first time are 80 scans of the original prints made by Evans in 1994-2007. View the archive here: viewfromtheground.com

Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 15d

The View from the Ground archive is a searchable collection of Jamie Kalven’s original reporting and a robust collection of black and white film photographs by Patricia Evans from the final chapter of high-rise public housing in Chicago.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 20d

Revisit all three volumes and eras of the Invisible Institute’s work here: www.viewfromtheground.com

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 20d

We're excited to introduce the View from the Ground archive: a searchable collection of Jamie Kalven’s original reporting and Patricia Evans’ photography from the final chapter of high-rise public housing in Chicago.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 21d

Read the story here: chicagoreader.com/news/ice-sho...

What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez

An immigration agent killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago. The initial narrative was quickly disproven by witnesses.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · 21d

Less than a week into Trump’s surge of deportation arrests in Chicago, an ICE agent shot and killed 38-year-old Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez during a Franklin Park traffic stop. The DHS says he drove his car at agents, but bystander videos and witnesses report a different story.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · Sep 5

We commit to protecting faces & sources in materials we do release, with permission. Nos comprometemos a proteger identidades y fuentes en los materiales que publiquemos, con el permiso.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · Sep 5

Reporteros de distintos medios en Chicago estamos colaborando para recopilar evidencia visual de agentes federales usando la fuerza y deteniendo personas en Chicago. Comparte tus videos en tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists o contáctanos al correo [email protected].

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · Sep 5

Reporters from across newsrooms in Chicago are collaborating to collect visual evidence of federal agents detaining people & using force in Chicago. Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists, or get in touch via email [email protected].

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · Sep 2

Our latest investigation with MindSite News and South Side Weekly shows Chicago police are increasingly turning to forced hospitalization, detaining people against their wishes at a hospital emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation. bit.ly/forcedhospitalization

Forced Hospitalization Increasingly Used by Chicago Police

Analysis of Chicago Police Department data reveals that officers are increasingly using forced hospitalization in mental health crises.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · Aug 27

Read the update at the link in our bio.

Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · Aug 27

In June 2025, former Chicago police officer Eric Tabb pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated battery in a public place, and was sentenced to 30 months of probation.

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Invisible Institute @invisible.institute · Aug 21

Read our reporting on Sean Grayson here: invisible.institute/sean-grayson-misconduct

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