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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I am a Chicagoan. This is required reading.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I am a Chicagoan. This is required reading.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Another disturbing video out of IL, reported by Block Club Chicago: agents/thugs are seen detaining a man, pressing him to the ground as he gasps, “I can’t breathe.” A crowd quickly forms, begging them to stop.
We are outraged over the use of excessive force in immigration & federal operations.🤬
We are outraged over the use of excessive force in immigration & federal operations.🤬
November 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Another disturbing video out of IL, reported by Block Club Chicago: agents/thugs are seen detaining a man, pressing him to the ground as he gasps, “I can’t breathe.” A crowd quickly forms, begging them to stop.
We are outraged over the use of excessive force in immigration & federal operations.🤬
We are outraged over the use of excessive force in immigration & federal operations.🤬
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Make this POS ICE agent go viral. Get ICE out of our communities.
Another disturbing video out of IL, reported by Block Club Chicago: agents/thugs are seen detaining a man, pressing him to the ground as he gasps, “I can’t breathe.” A crowd quickly forms, begging them to stop.
We are outraged over the use of excessive force in immigration & federal operations.🤬
We are outraged over the use of excessive force in immigration & federal operations.🤬
November 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Make this POS ICE agent go viral. Get ICE out of our communities.
Make this go viral. Share far and wide. ICE is attacking our communities.
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
November 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Make this go viral. Share far and wide. ICE is attacking our communities.
Make this go viral. Share far and wide. ICE is attacking our communities.
WTF. Everyone, cameras out. Get it all on video.
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
November 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Make this go viral. Share far and wide. ICE is attacking our communities.
Make this POS ICE agent go viral. Get ICE out of our communities.
Another disturbing video out of IL, reported by Block Club Chicago: agents/thugs are seen detaining a man, pressing him to the ground as he gasps, “I can’t breathe.” A crowd quickly forms, begging them to stop.
We are outraged over the use of excessive force in immigration & federal operations.🤬
We are outraged over the use of excessive force in immigration & federal operations.🤬
November 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Make this POS ICE agent go viral. Get ICE out of our communities.
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Then, he goes around the SUV, drops to his knees, and presses his full weight onto a man’s back. Moments later, that same man’s head is beaten into the pavement while the agent holds his head down.
November 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Then, he goes around the SUV, drops to his knees, and presses his full weight onto a man’s back. Moments later, that same man’s head is beaten into the pavement while the agent holds his head down.
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This is near my niece and nephew's school in Evanston, Ill just hours ago as they are now on lockdown.
This is what's happening. It's an occupation by ICE in a Chicago suburb. They must be abolished.
This is what's happening. It's an occupation by ICE in a Chicago suburb. They must be abolished.
October 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is near my niece and nephew's school in Evanston, Ill just hours ago as they are now on lockdown.
This is what's happening. It's an occupation by ICE in a Chicago suburb. They must be abolished.
This is what's happening. It's an occupation by ICE in a Chicago suburb. They must be abolished.
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Trying to blame the Dems cutting off SNAP (while sitting on billons of available contingency funds) as his boss bulldozes the WH to build a ball room like Saddam's palace, sends $40 billion to bail out Argentines, and eats "gold adorned" brownies in Korea is not gonna work.
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Trying to blame the Dems cutting off SNAP (while sitting on billons of available contingency funds) as his boss bulldozes the WH to build a ball room like Saddam's palace, sends $40 billion to bail out Argentines, and eats "gold adorned" brownies in Korea is not gonna work.
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Most presidents would be mortified if they constantly made up outrageous numbers that were so easily disprovable & yet Trump does it every day without the slightest concern. Watch my favorite clip from The Manchurian Candidate to understand why the lies work for him. You’ll never forget this lesson:
Have you ever wondered why Trump & MAGA always lie so wildly about numbers without a care in the world? Watch Angela Lansbury explain the reason in this brilliant scene from The Manchurian Candidate. This was the basis for McCarthyism in a nutshell:
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Most presidents would be mortified if they constantly made up outrageous numbers that were so easily disprovable & yet Trump does it every day without the slightest concern. Watch my favorite clip from The Manchurian Candidate to understand why the lies work for him. You’ll never forget this lesson:
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STORY HERE — Video footage obtained by The TRiiBE shows federal agents pulling Laugh Factory Night Manager Nate Griffin as he holds on to a scaffold.
Bystanders screamed at the agents, saying "Show your face," as they detained Griffin.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/laug...
Bystanders screamed at the agents, saying "Show your face," as they detained Griffin.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/laug...
Laugh Factory worker detained by federal agents on Chicago’s North Side • The TRiiBE
Two people were detained by federal agents Friday morning at Broadway and Belmont Avenue on Chicago’s North Side.
thetriibe.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
STORY HERE — Video footage obtained by The TRiiBE shows federal agents pulling Laugh Factory Night Manager Nate Griffin as he holds on to a scaffold.
Bystanders screamed at the agents, saying "Show your face," as they detained Griffin.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/laug...
Bystanders screamed at the agents, saying "Show your face," as they detained Griffin.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/laug...
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“Oliver said he saw the laborer, who was working on the building, being detained by federal officers as he had "blood "coming out [of] his nose and down his mouth.” …The second person detained was Oliver's coworker Nate Griffin, who works as a night manager at the Laugh Factory.”
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Ryan Oliver, a standup comedian who works as a part-time custodian at the Laugh Factory, was inside the comedy club on Chicago's North Side when he heard shouting from outside. That prompted him to leave Laugh Factory to see what was happening.
"I was trying to look through the glass, and I seen a bunch of people holding cell phones. And then I went outside," Oliver said. "It was a Latino man. He was on the ground getting picked up by what looked to be federal officers. He was getting put in an unmarked car."
Oliver said he saw the laborer, who was working on the building, being detained by federal officers as he had "blood "coming out [of] his nose and down his mouth."
The laborer was one of two people who were detained by federal agents Friday morning at Broadway and Belmont Avenue on Chicago's North Side. The second person detained was Oliver's coworker Nate Griffin, who works as a night manager at the Laugh Factory.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zq46h5uvohvv6qjq6esvcbms/bafkreiesoiy2ucbjgvjaq2fytxfz7taxszykjv67hnib3f6dcbxlwa6gka@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“Oliver said he saw the laborer, who was working on the building, being detained by federal officers as he had "blood "coming out [of] his nose and down his mouth.” …The second person detained was Oliver's coworker Nate Griffin, who works as a night manager at the Laugh Factory.”
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Read the full story in The NY Times.
Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Read the full story in The NY Times.
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🚨NEW: Trump’s team plans to use a fake “national emergency” as a cover to hijack elections.
This is THE wake-up call.
While they try to distract us with crumbling White House walls, they’re demolishing democracy.
This is THE wake-up call.
While they try to distract us with crumbling White House walls, they’re demolishing democracy.
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🚨NEW: Trump’s team plans to use a fake “national emergency” as a cover to hijack elections.
This is THE wake-up call.
While they try to distract us with crumbling White House walls, they’re demolishing democracy.
This is THE wake-up call.
While they try to distract us with crumbling White House walls, they’re demolishing democracy.
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Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.
October 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.
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The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein
The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein
YouTube video by The Onion
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October 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein
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The same kind of people who once hunted escaped slaves now wear ICE badges. History didn’t vanish, it rebranded.
October 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The same kind of people who once hunted escaped slaves now wear ICE badges. History didn’t vanish, it rebranded.
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Michigan Avenue right now.
October 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Michigan Avenue right now.
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The Governor doesn't want troops in Chicago. The Mayor of Chicago doesn't want troops in Chicago. The citizens of Chicago do not want troops in Chicago. The folks responsible for law enforcement do not want troops in Chicago. The majority of Americans do not want troops in Chicago. One man does.
October 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The Governor doesn't want troops in Chicago. The Mayor of Chicago doesn't want troops in Chicago. The citizens of Chicago do not want troops in Chicago. The folks responsible for law enforcement do not want troops in Chicago. The majority of Americans do not want troops in Chicago. One man does.
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ice has brought far more violence to chicago than was there prior
October 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
ice has brought far more violence to chicago than was there prior
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ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
October 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.