Elizabeth Todd-Breland

“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...

NEW: “I Don’t Feel Safe.” Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force, by @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social w/ @mlk50.com

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Text: "The Black Vampyre; Legend of St. Domingo" by Uriah Derick D'Arcy written in 1819. The story of an enslaved man in St Domingo (modern day Haiti) who was thrown overboard as his enslaver attempted to kill him. He not only survives, he lives forever, and marries one of his enslaver's descendants. Reminds me of "Sinners" in a way

Wanna hear a scary story?

The first American vampire was Black.

Seriously.

78 years before Dracula appeared in American literature, there was "The Black Vampyre" by Uriah D'Arcy.

It was written in 1819 as an antislavery critique and the effect the Haitian Revolution had on the States

when we win the masked agents raid our neighborhoods. what do they cover up? (yesterday) is their promise & their charge. on 75th and South Shore they ram down our doors using (yesterday). they toss canisters of (yesterday) into our children’s lullabies. why? my people, we carry (today) & (tomorrow) in twin holsters. we plant (today) & (tomorrow) in our gardens. every day there are more sprouts. let it be known: Chicago will never cower. (yesterday) already died. (yesterday) is dying. (yesterday) will die again. there is no future in (yesterday). the agents in our neighborhoods hide their faces because they are losing. because they lost. when we win, there will be whistles from the gulls circling Lake Michigan. let them sing it: Chicago is a city of (today) & (tomorrow). Chicago is the future.

“Chicago is the future.“

@joseolivarez.bsky.social for @chicagomag.com

New: mutual aid fund supporting immigrant families impacted All donations support families in Chicago IL who have been directly impacted by detention, deportation, and ICE raids

Organized Communities Against Deportations has launched a new mutual aid fund to support immigrant families in Chicago impacted by ICE raids

Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025

Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police

The TRiiBE goes to 'No Kings' protest with veteran reporter Monroe Anderson • The TRiiBE On Oct. 18, an estimated 250,000 people attended the "No Kings" rally and march in Chicago; millions joined nationwide.

In 1968, as a summer intern for Newsweek magazine, Monroe Anderson was one of the reporters covering the anti-war protests in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention.

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Chicago Day Laborer, in ICE Detention, Says He’s Facing Retaliation Because Supporters Are Protesting His Abduction “I was targeted for transfer to prevent my supporters from helping me.”

Willian Giménez González, a known advocate for the rights of day laborers who was abducted by federal agents on September 12, is speaking out from ICE detention.

@sarahlazare.bsky.social reporting in our latest joint publication with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social

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In the last year, the Trump administration has taken unprecedented action to dismantle institutions and programs benefiting marginalized communities, cut funding for essential social services, and pull back funds allocated to states and local jurisdictions. These cuts jeopardize public safety and risk reversing the incredible progress Cook County has made in reducing community violence. The undersigned 68 community, faith, policy, and service-providing organizations write to call on you and your fellow commissioners to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment to reduce intra-community violence. You can support these services by freezing law enforcement spending, which is already far above the levels set when there were many more people in jail and many more criminal cases being processed by our court system. Over the last decade, Cook County has made tremendous progress in reducing pretrial jailing and improving community safety. This has been a byproduct of both moving away from racist policies promoting mass incarceration and strategically investing in expansions to the social safety net and community-based violence prevention programs. With the Trump administration gutting many of the federal programs aimed at supporting the neighborhoods most at risk of community violence, it is essential that Cook County not only avoid cutting budgets for these programs but also increase investments. We believe that Cook County can protect and increase essential health and human service spending by freezing all spending for law enforcement. Despite the nearly 40% decrease in the number of people incarcerated in the Cook County Jail, the Cook County Department of Corrections budget has not seen a reduction that coincides with that change in responsibility. Similarly, the budget for the State's Attorney's Office grew tremendously over the last decade, even as both the number of case filings and crime rates …

… continued to decrease. It is important to note that while the federal government has cut hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for essential social services, law enforcement spending has unjustifiably increased. We would be remiss if we did not acknowledge President Trump's authoritarian attacks on residents of Cook County. Over the last several weeks, there have been repeated threats to the safety of our community members through executive orders targeting people without homes or who have mental health needs. Numerous federal law enforcement agencies have been dispatched to make arrests and deport our neighbors. It is essential at this moment that Cook County expand investments to ensure adequate support of community members targeted by the actions of the Trump administration and everyone impacted by its reduced funding for resources that allow marginalized people to live safe and healthy lives. The County's investment must include increasing the budget of the Public Defender's Office, which is responsible for defending increasing numbers of Cook County residents facing both criminal charges and immigration removal proceedings. Cook County must protect its important progress increasing community safety and reducing pretrial jailing from a federal administration that has made clear that it does not care about our most vulnerable residents. Please stand strong for community safety by freezing law enforcement spending to protect essential health and human service investments and expand support for Public Defense. Sincerely, The Cook County members of the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice and supporting organizations: A Just Harvest A Midwest Movement Project Access Living Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment | AFIRE Apna Ghar, Inc. Asian Americans Advancing Justice || Chicago Beyond Legal Aid BlackRoots Alliance Brighton Park Neighborhood Council Cannabis Equity IL Coalition

Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation | CAASE Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts Chicago Community Bond Fund Chicago Therapy Collective Chicago Torture Justice Center Chicago United for Equity Chicago United Solidarity Project | CUSP Chicago Urban League Chicago Votes Children's Best Interest Project Circles & Ciphers Color Of Change Community Renewal Society Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project | FLAP First Defense Legal Aid HANA Center Illinois Alliance for Reentry and Justice Illinois National Organization for Women Illinois Prison Project Illinois Social Justice Alliance Impact for Equity Indivisible Chicago-South Side Inside Out Network Jewish Council on Urban Affairs KAN-WIN Legal Council for Health Justice Liberation Library Lucy Parsons Labs Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition & Solidarity | MAMAS Muslim Civic Coalition NAMI Cook County North Suburban National Lawyers Guild Chicago Nehemiah Trinity Rising Nikkei Uprising Northwestern University Graduate Workers Pretrial Justice Institute Restore Justice Revolution Workshop Sana Healing Collective Saving Our Urban Leaders Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston She Votes Illinois Shriver Center on Poverty Law SisterReach Illinois Southsiders Organizing for Unity and Liberation | SOUL Stick Talk TASC, Inc. The People's Lobby The Puerto Rico Project To Defend If Necessary Trinity United Church of Christ Unitarian Universalist Advocacy Network of Illinois Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Ilinois Uptown People's Law Center West Town Law Office Wolf Pack Therapy Youth Empowerment Performance Project

sixty-eight chicago community, faith, + social service organizations are calling on cook county commissioners to “protect and increase social service spending” amid drastic cuts nationally from the trump admin.

they suggest freezing all law enforcement spending, which has “unjustifiably increased.”

Illinois State Police assist feds in Broadview protest, Chicago alderperson cuffed at hospital, rapid responders tear gassed in Logan Square • The TRiiBE A roundup of ICE activity in the Chicagoland area on Oct. 3.

NEW — A lot happened today.

• Multiple protesters were arrested outside the ICE “processing” facility in Broadview.

• Chicago Ald. Jesse Fuentes was handcuffed and detained by ICE agents inside a hospital ER.

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In case you're wondering whether the TRUST Act will protect anyone: Border patrol just attacked press and protesters inside ISP's designated "free speech zone" and the state police reacted by immediately establishing a protective perimeter for the feds

“if any of these universities cave, it’s hard to imagine any limit to what the administration might try to demand next. We all learned long ago on the playground that trying to appease a bully only makes things worse”

New details emerge surrounding incident that led to a Black man being ‘choked’ by the feds in Chicago • The TRiiBE Chicago Police are still investigating this incident.

NEW — Video shows feds escorting a Black man — with his hands behind his back — down an alley beside a nearby gas station.

The man appears to be the same Black man who is in the earlier reported video being choked by federal agents on Chicago’s West Side.

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Video shows feds ‘choking’ a Black man in East Garfield Park • The TRiiBE “Why is you choking him, man? Why is he choking him, man?” a man says at the scene.

HAPPENING NOW — Video obtained by The TRiiBE shows a federal agent with his hands around the neck of a Black man following an apparent car crash on the West Side near California Avenue and Congress Parkway.

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Bronzeville homeless shelter residents are "traumatized" after federal agents chased and arrested 4 people. blockclubchi.co/474l9Sq

Public defender, legal groups ask chief judge to prohibit warrantless immigration arrests at courthouses Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell, Jr., and a coalition of legal groups and social service organizations on Wednesday petitioned Chief Judge Tim Evans to enter a general order prohibitin…

Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell, Jr., and a coalition of legal groups and social service organizations are petitioning Chief Judge Tim Evans to enter a general order prohibiting warrantless immigration arrests in or around courthouses.

State Sen. Robert Peters accuses Trump of engaging in a "propaganda campaign of terror."

Hundreds gather to protest ICE, federal push to deploy military to Illinois Chants of “No ICE, no troops!” rang out Tuesday evening as hundreds marched against President Donald Trump’s recent surge in immigration enforcement locally.

Chants of “No ICE, no troops!” rang out Tuesday evening as hundreds marched against President Donald Trump’s recent surge in immigration enforcement locally.

How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights.

We have an on-the-ground report from Chicago, where the ICE blitz has been met with a community response to protect residents. But some employers are using the abduction campaign to retaliate against and silence worker organizing. From @sarahlazare.bsky.social and @workdaymagazine.bsky.social:

Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.

NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.

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Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on Care and Courage Amid Clouds of Tear Gas We can embody our refusal and fiercely declare that our love and empathy will not be destroyed.

My weekly must-reads list and my thoughts on witnessing care and courage amid clouds of tear gas Friday night. "Almost 550 people across Chicagoland have been arrested by ICE during Operation Midway Blitz. It is a campaign of terror focused on a city that our president feels profound contempt for."

And then came the tear gas: Federal agents use excessive force against protestors outside Broadview ICE facility • The TRiiBE During a Friday protest outside the ICE processing facility in a Chicago suburb, federal agents deployed tear gas and pepper balls against protestors, press and elected officials.

The Feds were extremely violent towards protestors today, including public officials and the media. thetriibe.com/2025/09/and-...

STATEMENT: Black communities know that every police killing is a tragedy • The TRiiBE Three Chicago organizers on standing together against Trump’s attempts to militarize and divide us.

“whether it’s police killing Black people or now ICE shooting someone they believe is an immigrant, any loss of life should be cause for us to rethink the most militarized approaches to safety. These approaches do not stop violence; they simply add to it” @thetriibe.com thetriibe.com/2025/09/stat...

STATEMENT: Black communities know that every police killing is a tragedy • The TRiiBE Three Chicago organizers on standing together against Trump’s attempts to militarize and divide us.

NEW — “We are alarmed to hear that, weeks into Trump threatening Black and brown communities in Chicago with military invasion and weeks into calls from community leaders across the city opposing these threats, ICE agents have shot and killed a man in the suburbs.”

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Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

Protest sign of a CTA train on fire—“Chicago melts ICE”

Large protest sign: “stop trump [in red stop sign]. No Troops” small sign: No Troops Hands Off Chicago” with Chicago flags

Chicago flag stars sticker “Free Chicago No Occupation”

One thing about Chicago, we’re gonna keep showing up & showing out! Lots of people in the streets today

We keep us safe: Trainings, workshops and resources for Chicagoans ahead of Trump’s feds deployment • The TRiiBE Organizers are hosting trainings, workshops and providing mass text services

NEW — Are you looking for ways to resist?

In preparation for whatever Trump sends to Chicago, several nonprofits, grassroots organizations and activists are providing Chicago-area residents with information on how to stay safe during these times.

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In Chicago, thousands protest against threat of ICE, National Guard deployment Thousands of protesters packed the streets near downtown Chicago on Monday, singing, chanting and waving signs protesting U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to flood the city with National Guard troops and federal immigration agents.

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Opinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness

A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment.

Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.