Zoë Takaki

This New Orleans operation is going to closely resemble what we just went through in Chicago.

ICYMI, @govpritzker.illinois.gov in October claimed state, county and local police at Broadview were working "to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights."

In the month since those same police have arrested about 80 protestors at Broadview.

Points out that agents keep arresting people and then letting them go without charges because they have no actual evidence

The DOJ accuses Martinez of assulting/impeding a federal agent on Oct. 4, even after an agent shot her.

An exhibit filed yesterday shows text messages discussing media coverage of the case.

"I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys."

One thing interesting about this comment is later, when discussing the incident in Little Village, he describes fireworks as a serious weapon against his agents, saying they could “kill someone”

Defense is bringing up the shields again. “Approximately 2-3 inch long nails… normal shields for defense would not have these nails shooting from them… these were meant to harm us…” - Witness Hewson

Hewson says he has not seen any agent not having an identifier on their person when working. He said he has had his on since he came to work here from Los Angeles.

Hewson says he has not seen an agent violate the TRO. He said he got the TRO through an email and that him nor his agents have changed operations after the TRO because their actions prior already abided by the TRO.

I’m going to be in the courtroom as long as I can (probably another hour) If anything especially newsworthy happens, will comment here.

Defense’s questioning was often short, and once he asked if the witness thought of ICE agents as “Nazis.” He then asked if the witness thought he was a Nazi, which Ellis said was irrelevant, telling him to “move on.” He often failed to prove (at least to me) that ICE’s use of force was necessary.

Defense responded to this by asking witnesses why they continued to protest, record ICE, etc. if they were so scared like they are claiming. Many replied they felt a responsibility to, or some were too scared and have not protested, recorded, etc.

Prosecution provided multiple witnesses with different backgrounds(clergy, journalists, protestors) all of whom have experienced or witnessed someone else experiencing excessive force from ICE agents. All of them said warnings were not given and that they believe the use of force was not necessary.

Just left the Chicago Headline Club v. Noem preliminary injunction hearing. My thoughts as an observer…

Mayor Katrina Thompson and a few of the village trustees are visibly laughing as a resident gives public comment about village corruption allegations including those leveraged at the mayor.

Protestors ask for the badge number of an officer who was taken off the line for hitting them with a baton. His superiors ignored requests for his badge number.

Nov. 1st, Broadview at 6:25 pm

Cook County Sherrif Officer takes off his body camera before moving in on protestors, and only puts it back on after being told to by protestors

Nov. 1st, Broadview at 6:25 pm

Gregory Bovino giving signals to ICE agents before leaving the courthouse today.

Extremely normal behavior

Note: before all these fortifications were added, this was how close we (and more importantly—attorneys, family, advocates etc) could get to the detention center ~1 month ago.

Now it's a fortress even without the fence across Beach. 24/7 surveillance from local police. Curfew. Free speech pen.

Wonder what judge Ellis will say about the tear-gassing seemingly being use more and more often in neighborhoods …

Right here in Broadview. Saturday 10/18 Illinois State Police push protestors out of the “free speech zone” due to the protest curfew beginning. Multiple arrests occurred.

Broadview Police protecting Illinois State Police protecting ICE

This doesn’t even count all the people who aren’t citizens, but are here legally, who have been taken.

If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc

@nlgchicago.bsky.social is trying to raise $10k to fund ongoing legal support for protesters. They've had to cover long shifts at Broadview, and their volunteers have been repeatedly assaulted by police in the process. More info with ways to donate here: instagram.com/p/DP36ITJja-W/

So many people i talk to mention that their out-of-state friends or family have heard little to nothing about what’s going on in Chicago.

Some viral stories like the South Shore apartments raid or Rev. Black getting shot break through but the persistent Fed violence in the streets in lost.

ICE in Chicago detained two people (that we know of) for filming them today, a cyclist and a neighborhood rapid responder. This in addition to tear gassing another neighborhood and brandishing weapons at rapid response—both things that have also already been going on for weeks.

How many alleged TRO violations is that just today