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Dan Hinkel @danhinkel.bsky.social · 12h

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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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 8h

From the Broadview news release on it:

“The Executive Order, effective immediately, sets designated hours for demonstrations at the ICE Processing Facility located at 1930 Beach Street and the adjacent designated protest area at 2000 South 25th Avenue between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. CST daily.”

Broadview mayor signs executive order setting fixed protest hours outside ICE facility

The new protest hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, citing public safety concerns, according to the executive order. Protests have popped up almost daily outside the ICE facility since President Do...

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 10h

And with that I’m being reassigned, so that’s the end of my live coverage for now.

In other news, there’s a gorgeous full moon out tonight, and in my Professional Journalist Opinion, I highly recommend taking a look!

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 10h

One person showed up by Beach/Lexington to rev a motorcycle and was chased off by state police though he got away. He keeps jeering at ISP/CCSO officers but they won’t chase.

Protesters entirely left the corner, just less than a dozen with the tents left reorganizing supplies.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 11h

Some folks here to drop off medicine are being directed to 25th and Harvard. ISP facilitating conversations with ICE, and getting people in to drop off what’s needed. Two remaining protesters at the corner helped direct family members to where they need to go.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 11h

One protester said they had a meeting with the city and police, worked out a deal on the tents. Two protesters remain at Beach and Lexington, cops said they’re leaving them alone so long as they aren’t actively protesting or shouting in the street.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 11h

Broadview PD arrived, two squad cars, one officer each. They walk past protesters in the corner to where the supply tent is. They were told they’re good to stay, worked it out with PD.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 11h

6:05 and… nothing. Down to six protesters, counter protester left. ISP is sitting in their vehicles, no sight of Broadview PD.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 12h

To clarify they were just standing in front of barriers on Beach Street, not blocking traffic.

State trooper said Broadview PD will handle how the curfew is enforced before walking back to his car.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 12h

State cops just made everyone exit the roadway, and saying they have to be in free speech zones.

“If you guys start fighting you will go to jail” one trooper says to anti-ICE protesters as they move the counterprotester from a sidewalk on the other side of the street to the same side as protesters.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 12h

I’m here at Broadview about 10 minutes ahead of the city’s curfew. A lone counter protester is shouting back at them. State police are hanging out in their cruisers.

Several people standing in a line with signs bearing anti-ICE slogans like “ICE is made of snowflakes”

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 21h

Cops misled journalists about using a powerful surveillance tool to track a woman across state lines because she had an abortion, then tried to cover it up when we found out the truth. Huge story from @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @josephcox.bsky.social this morning: www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 20h

Video footage obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times appears to show three vehicles allegedly involved in the weekend shooting of a woman in Brighton Park—captured just moments before the incident occurred.

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 19h

A mental health expert offers coping tips for those experiencing stress from immigration operations, as the climate has created widespread fear and uncertainty.

Expert says threats of militarization and immigration enforcement fuel anxieties

One mental health expert offers tips on how to cope with the stress of immigration operations in the Chicago region.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 1d

“They say Chicago is so violent, but this is the first time in 50 years on this block we’ve ever had commotion around here that big,” said a man who watched the tear gas waft toward him from his porch.

He and his sister also worry about being racially profiled despite being 2nd generation citizens.

Woman shot by Border Patrol is charged; Brighton Park residents say feds antagonized the community

Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz are accused of driving their vehicles in a civilian "convoy" that was following federal agents. Brighton Park neighbors question use of tear gas and other ...

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 1d

Another resident said feds using tear gas on protesters “speaking their minds” wasn’t necessary.

While her family are all citizens, she’s afraid of being racially profiled.

“My mom’s been trying to keep me calm, saying, ‘You’re a citizen, they can’t really do that to you.’ But I’m brown.”

Woman shot by Border Patrol is charged; Brighton Park residents say feds antagonized the community

Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz are accused of driving their vehicles in a civilian "convoy" that was following federal agents. Brighton Park neighbors question use of tear gas and other ...

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 1d

A CBP helicopter circling broke the “eerie silence” replacing the block’s usual Sunday sounds: kids playing at a nearby park, neighbors chatting at their fences.

We spoke to more than half a dozen neighbors — all asked not to be ID’d out of fear for their safety.

“I couldn’t sleep last night.”

Woman shot by Border Patrol is charged; Brighton Park residents say feds antagonized the community

Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz are accused of driving their vehicles in a civilian "convoy" that was following federal agents. Brighton Park neighbors question use of tear gas and other ...

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

ICYMI: At Sunday's news conference, the Congress members spoke alongside activists and residents touched by the raids. They urged unity and cooperation among Black residents and immigrants. trib.al/tvTiZsT

After military-style raid on South Shore apartment, Congress members rally around residents

Federal agents landed a helicopter on a building at 7500 S. South Shore Dr. on Wednesday morning, arresting 37 people and leaving behind cracked windows, broken doors and a lot of pain. Lawmakers call for a halt to all federal immigration enforcement in Chicago.

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

Illinois sued President Donald Trump early Monday morning over the deployment of National Guard troops into the state against the wishes of Gov. JB Pritzker. The lawsuit names Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem among the defendants. trib.al/VdUdLr0

Illinois sues Trump over National Guard deployment

The lawsuit comes hours after a federal judge in Oregon barred Trump from deploying federalized members of the any National Guard troops under Trump's command to Oregon.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

JUST IN: Federal authorities are on the scene of a shooting Saturday involving agents and an armed woman in Brighton Park, officials said.

Shooting involving federal agents in Brighton Park under investigation

According to the Department of Homeland Security, a woman allegedly "boxed in" federal authorities, who opened fire.

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you to @cnn.com for having me on this morning to talk the latest in immigration headlines out of Chicago — read more on these stories here: chicago.suntimes.com

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 4d

Witness video shows federal agents throwing tear gas canisters in the middle of Armitage Ave today as they appear to be blocked in and heckled by angry neighbors.

This is around the 3500 block of West Armitage.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4d

Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes' office has released video of federal agents handcuffing her at Humboldt Park Health, as she asked them to present a judicial warrant for another arrest.

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4d

border patrol agents are holding a line against protesters side-by-side with broadview police, oak brook police, illinois state police, + the cook county sheriff’s office.

feds made a huge push to clear everyone from harvard street, which ice uses to enter and leave the broadview detention center.

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