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ICE Tear Gasses Residential Area During Multi-Hour Elgin Apprehension About 30 to 40 federal agents, about half marked as ICE agents, deployed at least six tear gas canisters, pepper balls, and foam rounds at over 200 protesters in a residential neighborhood on Maple…

DHS used a wide variety of weapons against people in Elgin yesterday, not only tear gas. Some wild photos in this writeup from @domguan.bsky.social:

Measure? Twice? 😤
Cut once! 😎

The real Sonic Generations.

Lawsuit Alleges 'Horrific And Inhumane' Conditions At Broadview ICE Facility The federal lawsuit says detained people are being denied water, food, medical care and hygiene: "They treated us like animals, or worse than animals, because no one treats their pets like that."

"[D]epriving them of sleep, privacy, menstrual products, and the ability to shower."

"[C]ramped facility that smells strongly of feces, urine."

"[B]locked from making confidential calls to their attorneys."
#Illinois #USA #Policing #Healthcare #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

“When someone throws tear gas at you, believe them the first time.”
-Maya Angelou probably

Western suburbs Millennial here. It makes sense b/c of the directions, movement, and socializing aspects. It was just really, really corny, even as children. I can still hear “HONOR YOUR PARTNER, HONOR YOUR CORNER” clearly in my head.

BREAKING: Doña Ana County Detention Center is conducting violent and unwarranted paramilitary training operations on incarcerated people. We're representing six clients who are suing to stop this inhumane practice.

The counter-pros fail on two levels:
1) The majority of the school does not appear to want a TP chapter.
2) TP chapters inherently support the dominant forms of power in this country, so they can’t even claim they’re an oppressed minority like a gay club in a conservative town.

A classic

I’m hearing a lot about “ethics in video games journalism.” Is this related?

Something something the people you most suspect

Yes. More than 40%.

“We keep us safe” ain’t just a slogan. Community self-defense can be walking with whistles.

They can reuse this plot point a trillion times and I’ll never get tired of, specifically, Jigen’s reaction

Gift link for those who want it: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

Based on all the social media reports, today may have been the busiest Friday for ICE activity that we’ve seen since this surge started.

With hundreds of police now protecting ICE’s facility for them, presumably ICE is able to deploy more agents to snatch people.

TACTICAL ANALYSIS: A thrown water bottle is a slightly lower threat than a gas canister shot from a grenade launcher. Some experts say it's a significantly less threat. Others argue you'd be a fucking coward to shoot that at people in sandals and shorts while fully encased in tactical gear.

“There’s space for everyone” is a baller slogan for the NASA SRT use-of-force training slideshow.

“SRTs provide security for space-related activities such as the display and transport of lunar rock samples,”

^^^ (That’s a 2020 GAO document. Maybe things have changed, but it was like that at one point.)

Also NASA having an SRT to protect moon rocks is actually awesome. If my tax dollars have to go to LEOs, that specific mission is what I want.

It’s like late-stage Ben & Jerry’s where they’re mixing/matching everything. I just wrote “SRT” for the bit, but Special Response Teams (SRTs) are a generic term like SWAT I guess. HSI, ERO, CBP, ATF, and DEA each have SRTs. So you can theoretically be part of the DHS ICE ERO SRT.

NASA has an SRT.

And of course at Broadview in the last few days, state/local law enforcement from BPD, ISP, CCSO, and NIPAS MFF. My Wikipedia searches are going through the goddamn roof this month.

Not to mention DOJ’s FBI, ATF, and BOP. There’s enough alphabet agencies crawling around out there right now to make a damn word search.

Pepper balls? CBP
Tear gas? SRT
40mm baton rounds? HSI
Riot shields? FPS
Black Hawk helis? CBP AMO
Tackles? ERO
Abductions? ICE
Violence in Chicago has exponentially ramped up because of DHS, DHS, DHS.
In just three weeks, I have observed first-hand that federal violence, and that’s JUST Broadview.

Pro-tip: if you have video of you or others directly intervening to obstruct ICE or de-arrest someone, for god’s sake don’t post it on social media. Or at a minimum blur faces first. You’re just begging for federal charges.

Please note that the things Mills is most mad about—false calls, and his officers being exposed to chemical weapons—have nothing to do with the feds attacking protesters. He's perfectly happy to have ISP do that instead so long as his guys are unbothered.

The smaller of at least two drones, likely operated by federal agents due to the temporary flying restriction on drones issued two days prior. It made low, fast sweeps across the federal violence unfolding in the grass.

NIPAS MFF officers came in a variety of gear, including shorts.

NIPAS MFF officers came in a variety of gear, including shorts.

Dozens of police vehicles line a shutdown 25th Ave on both sides.

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About 50 federal agents from ICE, CBP, ATF, and BOP walk up to the ISP police line. DHS media teams follow closely to collect photos and footage.

A federal agent in the midst of tackling a non-violent protester attempting to stand their ground.

A protester screams out their name to NLG observers and press while being arrested by CBP agents.

A protester is arrested by a CBP agent, while another agent flags a protester with their pepper ball launcher.

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A CBP agent waves at protesters while inside a vehicle, as an Illinois State Police trooper forces back a protester with a truncheon.

Illinois State Police form a corridor, allowing a US Customs and Border Protection pickup truck to drive through.

A protester screams at Illinois State Police troopers for establishing a police line, allowing federal vehicles to move to and from the ICE facility with significantly reduced protest, compared to previous weeks.

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A federal agent from Border Patrol (left) alongside an Illinois State Police trooper (right).

Cover photo. Full gallery available in article. (2/5)