Today in @chicagotribune.com: Chicago immigration court observers, who act as scouts into an increasingly uncertain landscape for immigrants seeking to stay in the U.S., are having a harder and harder time getting into court proceedings to do their work. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/30/i...

🚨 @illinoisanswers.bsky.social and @chicago.suntimes.com won a court case to release the records including body cam footage of last summer's fatal police shooting of Ofc. Krystal Rivera by her partner, Ofc. Carlos Baker.

"This is like a Comic-Con, for people who like to write letters and have strong opinions on pens.” Gotta love Chris Borelli and his forays into the millions of little subcultures that make up Chicago. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/c...

Whaddaya mean, your story isn't filed yet?

ICE lodged an arrest detainer asking Illinois officials not to release a suspect, who is a Venezuelan migrant, according to the agency, and who has been taken into custody in connection with Thursday’s shooting death of a Loyola University freshman.

News: Police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/21/l...

COPA said in response to a FOIA they did not process a relief of power memo for Ofc. Max Walzer, which indicates the move to strip him was a CPD decision. Shooting was March 9. Walzer was relieved March 13 per CPD spox

News: CPD officer involved in fatal Humboldt Park shooting on March 9 was stripped of police powers four days later. COPA investigation is ongoing. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/19/c...

News: police are questioning a man in connection with a fire that led to the death of FF Michael Altman earlier this week. The man — ID’d in an internal bulletin and arrested this afternoon — is being held on an unrelated warrant per CPD sources. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/18/c...

Hey, bsky. Have you worked as an immigration court observer over the last six months — either in-person or virtually? If so and you're interested in speaking to me about that experience, my email is in my bio and I'd love to hear from you.

Attorneys in the "Broadview 6 (minus 2)" case say federal prosecutors have elevated misdemeanor property damage allegations into sweeping conspiracy claims that attempt to criminalize fundamental free speech and assembly rights Story: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/16/a...

This weekend showed me a new divide within Gen Z: Those who had been familiar with BORGs since at least 2018 and those like myself who apparently spent undergrad under a rock (but had a great time informing people and police sources what the acronym stood for) www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/16/c...

Complaining about the finer points of local politics

A Skokie woman said ICE detained her for nearly 48 hours after landing at O’Hare. But Tribune reporters @aliceyin.bsky.social @taliasoglin.bsky.social and @ckubzansky.bsky.social have found big holes in her account — and problems in her past. Read this: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/11/o...

Hey Chicago wear head protection

Lot of fun to go on Week in Review after so many years of seeing the show! And thanks to everyone else at the table for making it so smooth for a first timer.

“The white shirts, or whatever we’re calling them, must know he’s a problem. What’s happening at CPD HQ that this has to happen in the middle of the deposition?” - federal judge on the move to strip a disgraced tact cop of his powers at an unusual moment www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/05/i...

Art I am thinking about: The Lonely Doll, by Dare Wright. About a doll and two bears and belonging with others.

Chicago's immigration court is down ~half the judges who were with the court in January 2025 (they quit, were fired or got DOGE'd). Currently there are 14 permanent and two temporary judges hearing a nearly all-time high number of cases. For @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/02/c...

Proud to be sharing this award with my fantastic colleagues @royalpratt.bsky.social @andrew-carter.bsky.social @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social @ckubzansky.bsky.social Thanks @newhousesu.bsky.social and to the entire Tribune newsroom for its immigration coverage newhouse.syracuse.edu/news/the-was...

Watched this story come together from a base of about 50 gazillion court reoccurs and now I can tell all of you: read it!

News: A 5th member of an embattled tactical team was stripped of his police powers, in the middle of a deposition for one of the lawsuits where he's named as a defendant. "This was – to put it mildly – an unusual development." www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/23/c...

"From August to October... the main risk for (immigrants in Chicago) was that they were going to get arrested. It's still a risk but in its place is this risk that the government will have found a way to just kick your whole immigration case out." www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/23/o...

Congratulations to 2026 Shadid Award finalists @royalpratt.bsky.social, @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social, @ckubzansky.bsky.social, @jmetr22b.bsky.social & @andrew-carter.bsky.social (chicagotribune.com) for reporting on the mass deportation effort in Chicago. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...

Hi, bsky. Working on a story about how federal immigration arrests have carried on in and around Chicago even without Cmdr. Bovino and CBP roving around here. If you have been involved in an arrest — as a bystander, protester, community support worker etc — I would love to talk to you. Email in bio.

illinoisanswers.org/2026/01/15/c... My latest with @schuba.bsky.social and Peter Nickeas about the tac team cop who shot and killed his partner. After Carlos Baker's initial rejection, Baker's district commander approved his promotion even after Baker disobeyed orders and cussed out his sergeant

Looking forward to this conversation with @aliceyin.bsky.social and @ctoner.bsky.social and people interested in Chicago journalism on Friday night!

Updated story here: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/13/c...

At Leighton Criminal Courthouse for Adam Beckerink's detention hearing. Beckerink is charged with throwing his estranged wife over a 24th-floor stairwell railing in a South Loop high-rise in Oct. 2024, killing her. @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/13/c...

“This is an administration that puts a lot of its chips on immunity.” After an immigration agent killed a woman in Minnesota, calls have mounted for state and local authorities to criminally investigate the feds’ actions But that’s easier said than done: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/11/i...

The Winter I Learned What a Fourth Down Was

Residents, activists, officials demand that the CCPSA hold a hearing/more thorough probe into CPD's role in blitz: “You have state power. (Expletive) use it. This body is not supposed to be a nice line on your resume.” Photos by @jkimpictures.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/09/r...

I’m wearing my professional reporter outfit (yellow raincoat two sizes two big for me) to this CCPSA meeting, everyone come say hi

The shooting of Renee Good by ICE: An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire. From the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

From Chicago’s Operation Midway Blitz to Minneapolis, the pattern is familiar: ICE shooting, DHS claims self-defense, then evidence that appears to tell a different story. My pal @ckubzansky.bsky.social digs into the parallels: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/07/f...

JUST IN: A newly filed indictment alleges for the first time that a pistol found on Hector Gomez in Little Village in November had been used to fire shots toward Border Patrol agents earlier that day:

Tuesday dinner: vegetable risotto, arugula salad, apple crumble with ice cream. Highlight was crumble, by Leah.

Doing beat checks in a bad mood is actually the way to go because whatever attitude station cops give me I can just throw straight back to them and not even care

Inbox: Harrison area detectives are looking to ID a suspect captured in video footage of a Dec. 19 homicide in Little Village that left a 24-year old woman dead.

"...emerging from an extended blackout, I'd walked out into the early spring in Portland, Oregon and seen flowers in a planter on the corner. I thought to myself then: 'you don't seem to have died yet, fancy that.'" @themountaingoats.bsky.social

There were five shootings that left a total of six people wounded and no homicides last night, per CPD.

CPD officers had their regular days off canceled and are doing 12-hour shifts for New Year's Eve, per citywide dept. message from Chief of Patrol Jon Hein. Order is effective 6 a.m.-6 a.m. Follows a pre-Thanksgiving weekend that saw nine teenagers shot in the Loop after the city tree lighting.

News: On Day 2 of Cmdr. Gregory Bovino’s chaotic return to Chicago earlier this month, a CBP supervisor dialed 911 as a convoy of federal vehicles sped north on Lake Shore Drive. Records capture CPD, OEMC coordination with the feds as they headed to Evanston. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/30/a...

Listening: "It's So Quiet Without You," by Raynes www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEba...

Art I am thinking about (a few days late): "little tree" by E.E. Cummings. "who found you in the green forest/and were you very sorry to come away?/see I will comfort you/because you smell so sweetly"

Hope you are all as filled with joy this Monday as Emi and her buddies

Chicago violence continued to plummet in 2025 despite high-profile crimes www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/29/2...

Razas vs. Bishops, 18th/Canalport on Christmas night. #chicago

I am seven kinds of in love with Chicago, especially in times like these.