Feds Used Chemical Agents Dozens of Times in Chicago
An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.
Several Chicago newsrooms spent two months collecting and analyzing evidence of ICE & Border Patrol's use of tear gas and pepper spray in Chicago.
They found that agents deployed chemical agents nearly 50 times. Most uses occurred after a judge ordered federal agents to restrict their use.
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Solidarity is a verb:
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Jim Jordan begged someone to not rat out the sexual assault that was happening at Ohio State. He was crying on the phone. Groveling. This man threw out all his dignity to try and cover for horrifying crimes of sexual abuse. Think about that for a moment.
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Northwest Side Rapid Response confirming a detention off Kedzie and Wabansia around 9:45 a.m. on 11/18.
Link to page: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNGKdmEeLL/?img_index=2
Northwest Side Rapid Response confirming a detention off Kedzie and Wabansia around 9:45 a.m. on 11/18.
Link to page: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNGKdmEeLL/?img_index=2
Greg Bovino may have moved on to Charlotte, but federal immigration agents maintain a presence in the Chicago area.
Northwest Side Rapid Response has confirmed agents detained at least one person around 9:45 this morning off Kedzie and Wabansia.
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Same energy.
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The contrast could hardly be sharper. My friends and neighbors, armed only with whistles and voices, spend their weekend fighting off heavily-armed paramilitary goons. Meanwhile, these jagoffs capitulate, but not before securing another $1 billion for their own security.
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Other attorneys who spoke at the presser wished to remind the public that they can visit tinyurl.com/chicagotro to report when federal immigration agents in Chicagoland potentially violate District Judge Sara Ellis' injunction order against abuse of press, protestors and religious practitioners.
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Chicago: ICE heavily active in West Ridge and Edgewater. Landscapers heavily targeted. Put on your whistles and patrol if you can.
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Without LGBT New Yorkers, Cuomo mightโve won. Mamdaniโs genuine and relentless support of trans rights was not only morally correct, but an electoral necessity.
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As many eyes will be on court downtown today, there are early indications ICE may be active in this area again.
Agents reportedly snatched a daycare worker in Roscoe Village this morning.
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Please note this is also in addition to ongoing kidnappings across the suburbs, with sightings reported in more of them than we can even list at the moment. This is daily life now, and there's no one central place reporting them all.
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ICE/CBP is active in Lincoln Park right now, has been spotted near Damen/Clybourn at Costco + Jewel (this is in addition to a morning abduction reported at Costco earlier).
People believe grocery delivery drivers are being targeted and are asking folks to alert other vulnerable workers as well.
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๐จ ICE ALERT ๐จ ICE agents were just seen driving a black SUV down Winnemac, from Glenwood towards Broadway. They were being followed by residents in vehicles honking their horns and blowing whistles.
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Out on patrol. ICE very active on the far North Side including Edgewater and Lincoln Square. Multiple abductions. Vulnerable folks should get off the street if they can. Street vendors should be bought out, landscapers warned. If youโre in Chicago and youโre not ICE watch trained, pls get trained.
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ICE in Andersonville at Glenwood & Winona
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Maybe this explains why ICE taped bags over windows of journalist @peoplesfabric.comโs cell so he couldnโt see out when they baselessly arrested him in September.
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A fall morning in Chicago now: biking down Lawrence through Albany Park, which looks like a relative ghost town compared to its usual foot traffic, watching as street vendors scramble to pack up and flee because ICE just grabbed someone. Folks screaming and whistling at every intersection.
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however much contempt you have for the median voter it is not enough
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federal agents are back in chicago's northwest side again this morning.
northwest side rapid response confirmed border patrol activity but no abductions at fullerton/hamlin in logan square around 7 am. agents were still in the area as of 9:30.
www.instagram.com/p/DQZXjErkVJV/
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Support Jamaica
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
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Taking notes ๐
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This is a cross section of activity (as OP notes, there is so, so much extending into the burbs that cannot fit on one map) but a good start in understanding the current situation
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ICE is hitting the west burbs again this morning, including Oak Park and Bensenville, also now active in far south/SE sides after getting started a little later than usual.
SERR reports one person was taken from a McDonald's: instagram.com/p/DQURyhTjnPc
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Included is this screenshot of CBP commander Greg Bovino allegedly โthrowing tear gas into a crowd without justification.โ
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To monitor license plate violations, the secretary of state's office has established a "Plate Watch Hotline"
where residents can report potential violations, which the secretary of state's office will then investigate, it says. Reports can be made by calling the hotline at 312-814-1730 or emailing platewatch@ilsos.gov.
"No one, including federal agents, is above the law, and we intend to hold them accountable, especially while driving on our roadways," Giannoulias said in the news release. "This is a matter of public safety and protecting the wellbeing of our communities."
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Look for the helpers: Here's how Chicagoans are supporting their neighbors amid ICE raids.
In collaboration w/ @city_bureau: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8
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According to rapid response, feds have grabbed one person from the Addison/Kimball Home Depot this morning. Several people detained in Back of the Yards as well, still all over the area. They've also returned to Carpentersville this morning, and were seen near an elementary school there.
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