Josephine Maria Yanasak-Leszczynski
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This is extremely troubling to see from an org that promised they wanted to work WITH local efforts.
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The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.
Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.
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A 3rd day of hearings over a proposed temporary restraining order against federal agents in Chicago is about to begin.

Federal Judge Sara Ellis expects to enter the order today; unfortunately I won't be covering live as oral arguments over natl. guard deployment in IL are set to start in 30 mins.
Back in federal judge Sara Ellis' courtroom in Chicago for a second day of discussion on a proposed restraining order to rein in federal immigration agents' violent behavior.

Debate began on this issue on Monday, and ended without the court entering a formal order.
@unraveledpress.com & other press have been threatened, shot with less-lethals and arrested while reporting on federal immigration activities in Chicagoland and on the resulting protests at Broadview.

I'm now at a hearing asking the federal court to rein ICE & co in. I'll let you know how it goes.
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WBEZ @wbez.org · 9d
The Rink, the only Black-owned skating rink in Chicago, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The Rink’s owners say the secret to staying in business is its commitment to keeping Chicago’s skate culture alive.
The Rink in Chicago celebrates 50 years in business
The Rink is the last black-owned skating rink in the city of Chicago.
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I don’t want to hear anymore quips or owns or pithy lines. I want Pritzker to stand outside Broadview and demand a tour in the face of tear gas. I want Johnson to show up on Kedzie and tell CPD to stop allowing ICE to escape with people they brutalize then kidnap.
My problem is that our leaders are having a twitter feud while two year olds are being tear gassed in their streets.
This post is dangerously close to escaping containment, so I'll just say that this was *obviously* sarcastic and designed to highlight the fact that Chicago can not be the best big city in America AND the war zone that Patel and Trump believe it to be

Read the room ❤️
Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomes FBI Director Kash Patel to Chicago, and says he looks forward to Patel spending money in Chicago, which he notes was just voted the best big city in America by Condé Nast for the ninth year in a row. @wttw.bsky.social
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Federal agents have been intimidating us over our reporting since June. Attacks on the press didn't start this month.

In the last several weeks, we've witnessed a horrifying escalation of violence against protesters, neighbors, anyone who comes near these agents. They are out of control.
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Luckily, computers aren't sentient. And they never will be. But the fact that people THINK they own sentient creatures and aren't troubled by that idea is... deeply worrying
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One thing to bear in mind here is that the union that represents the wide majority of Chicago police earlier this year dedicated the cover and a good chunk of the inside of its magazine for members to praising Tom Homan and ICE.
FOP February cover with Tom Homan and the headline The Ice Man Cometh
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It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends
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The fortification of Broadview in defense of free speech continues. Workers are placing more barricades on 25th.
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Looks like IL Proud Boy/failed cringe rapper Guy Alexander was at Broadview last night.
Guy in maga hat don't tread on me shirt
Yes, but the point was they are being chased down. 😇
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I’m so struck by this video. A regular day in Logan Square in front of a grocery store and ICE pulls up and tear gassed people. Funston Elementary School is right across the street as well. This is a major corridor in Logan Sq. No concern for human safety

Video from: www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...
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My friend shared some photos and videos of what she saw in front of Rico Fresh in Logan Square a short while ago.
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"You come for my people, you come through me" - Gov Pritzker last November

Today:
A protester tackled and arrested by state police for trying to block an ICE vehicle.
A protester tackled and arrested for trying to block an ICE vehicle. A protester arrested at Broadview.
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Federal agents again attacked protesters outside Broadview ICE facility. blockclubchi.co/4mRrtBw