Broadview officials are demanding that ICE tear down a fence it erected around its facility after high-profile protests. The fences block emergency access for local firefighters and were not permitted, the village’s acting fire chief wrote.

A @chicago.suntimes.com scoop so important it’s being cited by The NY Times and other national media. Bodycam video obtained by the newspaper from police shows a gap between what the feds said and what actually happened in fatal incident in Franklin Park, IL chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

Happy 14th anniversary to Occupy Chicago, which changed my life forever. Cc some of the beautiful people I met thru it: @mskellymhayes.bsky.social @aaroncynic.bsky.social @soit-goes.bsky.social @plussone.bsky.social @jecboyle.bsky.social @bmeson.lucyparsonslabs.com SIFUABS more now than ever 😩

Interesting that the barricades appear to be provided by Cook County, given that last week Cook County Board President Preckwinkle released this statement on what's been happening in Broadview.

Nearly 50 instructors from colleges across Illinois are named in an online database dubbed “Professor Watchlist” that was created by a group affiliated with slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk to unmask “radical professors,” WBEZ found. trib.al/UjFOTf8

NLG Chicago Denounces Violent Federal Law Enforcement Response to Protest in Broadview, IL (1/2) On Friday, federal agents significantly escalated their attacks on speech and people protesting at the now notorious ICE detention facility in suburban Broadview, IL.

These folks are real ones. I support them, and I hope you will too.

This is better reporting on what happened yesterday than what any other outlet has done.

CHICAGO / SUBURBS NEW "HOW TO REPORT ICE THREAD" - there's an important correction to one of the previous posts in this thread from 10 days ago, so I'm going to recreate that thread here *with* the correction

It’s Caturday and Jolene is sprawled in the window, powering up.

The press conference demanding the release of Willian Gimenez just now was devastating. His wife Mary collapsed right before it started and after a brief period of recovery was able to participate. This is how ICE abductions affect families, organizers said. The stress, trauma have physical effects

Communities are out here at the Broadview ICE processing center demanding the release of Willian Gimenez who was abducted yesterday. Latino Union says he was targeted for his role standing up for day laborers being harassed by off-duty police and Home Depot.

This happened about two hours ago. ICE has now acknowledged that they killed the person that their agents attempted to stop, just outside Chicago.

this is effed up I just received a "access permit" for when the Chicago Police Department (might) set up road blocks to stop people from driving into downtown to celebrate Mexican Independence Day [note: I live downtown]

it's video time: www.youtube.com/@hkapp-klote...

After many requests, here are the files to print three different anonymous Chicago contractor-style flyers about ICE, as well my new zine of Tasks for the National Guard in Chicago. Print and resist, friends! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

CHICAGO - REPORTING ICE Let's keep printing, folding, & distributing @meganpiont.bsky.social's zine: How to Report ICE If you're unfamiliar with folding zines (I was!), there's even an instructions doc in the file ⬇️

Some of my favorite very specific Chicago themed signs from today's Labor Day rally and march

live feed of chicago rally march PROTEST chitown #FuckTheFeds #ChicagoFree #WeGotUs #FuckICE #Chicago

Huge crowds at the Labor Day rally at the Haymarket Monument in Chicago. Messages of “workers over billionaires” and “national guard out of Chicago”

Turns out it’s a thing

Before the sneeze and after

From Chicago’s AAAN: CLOSE THE BROADVIEW ICE FACILITY! We are gathered alongside CAARPR, ICIRR, TanggolMigrante, USPCN and many others at the ICE Facility in Broadview! We are letting ICE know that wherever they operate, there will be opposition to their criminal organization.

Jack wants to get a little more cuddling in on Caturday

Chicago: Buckle up for the invasion. Save this graphic. We’re at your service. 🫡

One of our dearest friends made our cats a Shai Hulud cat toy and let me tell you it's super amazing

THESE COLORS DON'T RUN

I had a smooth time at the DMV today. I asked my clerk how he was doing and he deadpanned, “living the dream.”

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵: 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 edited by @mskellymhayes.bsky.social comes out November 4th! 🌲🌕🌲 Preorder from us or @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social, and you'll get a special bonus letter from Kelly alongside your copy of the book ✉️ www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

Had to double check that these weren't my cats!

Jolene was minding her own business when Jack cuddled up on her.

Jolene on Caturday

Chicago’s new police oversight chief has repeatedly wiped out or dramatically scaled back recommendations to fire officers following pushback from the city’s top cop, the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ have found. trib.al/5B6Zrlf

Can’t wait till Monday

Ofc. Carlos Baker, who killed his partner Krystal Rivera earlier this summer, then was accused of punching an off-duty officer outside a bar over the weekend, now stripped of police powers. #chicago @schuba.bsky.social @ctoner.bsky.social

A notification system used by Cook County to alert crime victims about offenders’ statuses may be allowing ICE to obtain personal data on thousands of immigrants. Alma Campos, our Immigration Project Editor, reported this story. southsideweekly.com/cook-county-...

NEWS: Carlos Baker, the Chicago police officer who shot and killed his partner Krystal Rivera during a foot pursuit earlier this year, allegedly attacked a female officer late Sunday at a bar in Wicker Park. tinyurl.com/2rdx49ms

📸 Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Amtrak appreciation post

International cat day, you say?

He woke up from his nap for just enough time to grab a photo

NEW: Nearly a year after Chicago officials turned off the city's gunshot detection system, a new analysis of Chicago crime data shows a steep drop in violent crime & homicides in the 12 South and West side neighborhoods that had ShotSpotter sensors. @wttw.bsky.social

"PCRF has opened the Khilet Al-Mai Urgent Care Clinic, delivering critical medical services to more than 40,000 residents in one of the most isolated areas of the southern West Bank. In Masafer Yatta, ambulances can take up to an hour to reach the nearest hospital." - from an email yesterday

Let's go!

Two million people are being threatened with forced starvation in #Palestine, as the US government continues to support ongoing ethnic-cleansing. We've created a list of on-the-ground mutual aid groups in #Gaza that you can support, amplify, and follow. itsgoingdown.org/your-guide-o...

A very welcome double rainbow in the neighborhood this evening

Rainbow!

cook county state's attorney eileen o'neill burke has quietly scrapped two lengthy lists of tarnished police officers that were maintained by her predecessor to fulfill the office’s constitutional obligations and prevent wrongful convictions. from @invisible.institute + @chicagoreader.com: