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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 10h

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

This is how ICE detains individuals without any warrants, even in the presence of a lawyer making requests.

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 11h

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 13h

Here’s video of the incident

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 1d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 1d

PAY ATTENTION: ICE is filing fake 911 calls in Chicago, weaponizing emergency services to provoke local police.

Ordinary citizens would be charged with a felony. ICE calls it strategy.

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 2d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 2d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 2d

"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 2d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

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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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 3d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 3d

A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 3d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: This is the scene in Portland at the ICE Detention Center right now. Pepper balls and tear gas — multiple arrests.

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 3d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Heard an officer say "let's do it" and then, in the dark, they tackle Rabbi Ben to the ground. He's being loaded into a CCSO wagon now. Broadview police also here screaming at people.

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 3d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 3d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 4d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/03/f...

Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.

blockclubchicago.org

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 4d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.

"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.

“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 4d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Jahd Khalil @jahd.bsky.social · 5d

ICE detains lawfully present Richmond father as son waits for school bus www.vpm.org/news/2025-10...

ICE detains lawfully present Richmond father as son waits for school bus

Silviano Mora Vera's U visa should have insulated him from detention.

www.vpm.org

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 4d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

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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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 4d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 4d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 4d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 4d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

In Portland, Oregon,(DHS) and (ICE) used pepper spray on the breathing hole of a peaceful protester who was wearing a blow-up frog costume.

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 4d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

This is not "de-escalation"—this is state violence. The actions being taken are far from calming the situation; instead, they exacerbate tensions and demonstrate a disturbing disregard for human rights.

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 4d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 4d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 4d

moments ago: pandemonium.

a huge mass of border patrol agents, led by greg bovino, pushed the crowd of protesters and started grabbing people at random.

leading up to this, folks were just calmly standing in the grass, following isp’s orders.

multiple people detained. no clue how many.

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 5d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 6d

ICE lied about the person it shot, claiming he was a "criminal," but NBC finds that he had no criminal history whatsoever. Not even traffic tickets in 12 years! It also lied about the extent of the injuries to its agents....

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 5d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

“.. It was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”

@chicago.suntimes.com
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 6d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 7d

Phang: So, as we can see you have a DHS official—you clearly hear him say on that body cam footage, “I am arresting the mayor. Even though he stepped out, I’m going to put him in cuffs.”

Who told him to do it? He says: the Deputy Attorney General… And who’s that? Todd Blanche.

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 7d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 7d

3/ An agent then appeared to shove people away from the elevator entrance, which led to Elibol falling to the ground, as footage captured by photographer Stephanie Keith shows.

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We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo. @why-gestapo-shaped.bsky.social · 7d

We Are Nothing Like the Gestapo.

Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 7d

1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.

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