Elsa Hiltner

This whole thread.

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.

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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Since we know exactly how many police officers were gassed, has anyone been counting how many other people (folks just on the street, protestors, kids at nearby schools, etc) the feds have gassed? ...or no........
Using internationally banned chemical agents on anyone should not be tolerated.

It feels absolutely unreal to be getting ready for work as if it's a normal week. What are you all eating for breakfast during the constitutional crisis?

The government does not have the power to declare “free speech zones.” And the violent arrest of the rabbi should set off some alarm bells.

One of the things I took away from the 60s and Richard Nixon, first mentioned by Hunter Thompson, but I believe to be true, is the fact that we believed, at time, that all our protesting, marching and sign waving was futile and pointless when in fact, it drove Richard Nixon to alcohol fueled madness

I keep talking to people outside of Chicago who do not know what is happening here.

So much has changed so quickly. It is hard to comprehend, even when you see it yourself, or see it on social.

We cannot allow this to be normalized.

You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.

Your state troopers participated in Friday's fascist photo op attack at Broadview. Get the false charges against protesters dropped immediately!

It's always the people taking consistent action who feel they aren't doing "enough." Let that shit go. You are doing more than 85% of others.

I am personally at more than capacity. What we need is for others to do their part(s) too.

"So angry the way I feel so often now. An unhelpful level of angry. Angry because of the impunity with which these masked bastards operate. But also angry because we've been left to fend for ourselves.
But.
But that's how it's always been, when change has to happen. There's nobody to do it but us."

Powerful speech that everyone should give a few moments towards listening.

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.

a cardboard sign at the Broadview facility protest reads I cannot standby while they zip-tie children

The mood in Chicago.

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

They zip tied children.

Lots to say about this, but I keep coming back to: Why do we accept the minimum human decency? Everyone deserves healthcare. If you think some % of the population is getting better treatment than you are, why drag them down to your level rather than lift everyone else and yourself up?

Coco Sho-Nell performing at a legal education program on the laws that drag Kings and Queens engage with.

Everything is dire but tonight we hosted a legal education program on issues that drag artists encounter in their work.
It was a bright spot.

People in gas masks and face masks march forward together, some arm in arm, while one person speaks through a bullhorn.

I have generally been heartened by Pritzker's rhetoric, but we need more right now than him telling us to keep filming ICE. People have been detained for doing that. People across Chicagoland have been brave, and we need brave leadership. We need more of a plan than urging individual action.

What Does It Mean to Exhibit the Gun That Killed Emmett Till? As someone who questions institutional claims of neutrality and the ethics of curatorial practice, I wonder about the “museumification” of the weapon and the ramifications of its display.

What Does It Mean to Exhibit the Gun That Killed Emmett Till? hyperallergic.com/1045554/what... @artstuffmatters.bsky.social asks essential questions about the “museumification” of the weapon, fetishization, and the ramifications of its display.

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

"...it’s a business built on the unpaid and underpaid labor of the very workers who generate its product. Art is labor, no different from any other kind of labor..."

Instead of complaining about people who are actually doing things, but maybe not the thing you would do, or the thing you most want people to do, talk to people and help them figure out how to be useful. The people *doing something* are not the problem. We need more people doing a lot of things.

In 2025, teachers are paid nearly 27% LESS than others with the same education. That's the LARGEST gap on record since the late 1970s. Adjusted for inflation, teachers actually earn less today than a DECADE ago. Closing this gap is essential for our schools’ future. @epi.org

"Do it for exposure" never ends.

The exploitation of artists is the point, not some inconvenience artists have to navigate on the way to paid opportunities.

are people "giving in to doomerism" or are they just actually gonna die when Medicaid cuts kick-in? Are they actually being defeatist or do you just not like being reminded that not everyone can outlast this situation?

in a sane world, this would be an impeachable offense & articles of impeachment would be drawn up tomorrow.

just as Jimmy Kimmel’s case wasn’t about Jimmy Kimmel - but about state sanctioned censorship - the Jim Comey case isn’t about Jim Comey. It’s about the rule of law versus authoritarianism.

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