Lucy Parsons Labs
@lucyparsonslabs.com
Chicago-based collaboration between data scientists, transparency activists, artists, & technologists that sheds light on the intersection of digital rights and on-the-streets issues.
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(Let's start the new year with something positive)
You're invited to celebrate @lucyparsonslabs.com's 10 year birthday with us in Chicago! In about a month, we will be gathering to celebrate with food, programming and music on the South Side of Chicago. Please RT and come.
You're invited to celebrate @lucyparsonslabs.com's 10 year birthday with us in Chicago! In about a month, we will be gathering to celebrate with food, programming and music on the South Side of Chicago. Please RT and come.
January 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
(Let's start the new year with something positive)
You're invited to celebrate @lucyparsonslabs.com's 10 year birthday with us in Chicago! In about a month, we will be gathering to celebrate with food, programming and music on the South Side of Chicago. Please RT and come.
You're invited to celebrate @lucyparsonslabs.com's 10 year birthday with us in Chicago! In about a month, we will be gathering to celebrate with food, programming and music on the South Side of Chicago. Please RT and come.
Phew! What a year. While LPL'ers are getting some much needed rest, here is a small thread of some of our news.
This newsletter is themed "Icebreaker!" Our full newsletter can be found here -> www.canva.com/design/DAG6l...
This newsletter is themed "Icebreaker!" Our full newsletter can be found here -> www.canva.com/design/DAG6l...
December 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Phew! What a year. While LPL'ers are getting some much needed rest, here is a small thread of some of our news.
This newsletter is themed "Icebreaker!" Our full newsletter can be found here -> www.canva.com/design/DAG6l...
This newsletter is themed "Icebreaker!" Our full newsletter can be found here -> www.canva.com/design/DAG6l...
Every day people sit in jail, deprived of their rights to a speedy and fair trial, because of fights about corporate trade secrets.
The police would rather protect copyright and corporate power than reveal how data is being gathered and used to prosecute you. chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...
The police would rather protect copyright and corporate power than reveal how data is being gathered and used to prosecute you. chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...
Trade secrets protections shield information from public view
When a government contractor’s right to privacy outweighs the public’s right to know
chicagoreader.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Every day people sit in jail, deprived of their rights to a speedy and fair trial, because of fights about corporate trade secrets.
The police would rather protect copyright and corporate power than reveal how data is being gathered and used to prosecute you. chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...
The police would rather protect copyright and corporate power than reveal how data is being gathered and used to prosecute you. chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...
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So what’s going on is that the federal government is running a massive domestic spying operation and getting local cops to do their dirty work once a car is stopped. They call this siloing of data “walling” it off from their true source.
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So what’s going on is that the federal government is running a massive domestic spying operation and getting local cops to do their dirty work once a car is stopped. They call this siloing of data “walling” it off from their true source.
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This form of evidence laundering is common among police getting tips from Feds. In fact, we’ve seen it in places like use of fake cellphone towers where cops would drop cases rather than reveal where tips came from. Same here from the AP story.
I mean, what is justice really? 3/
I mean, what is justice really? 3/
November 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This form of evidence laundering is common among police getting tips from Feds. In fact, we’ve seen it in places like use of fake cellphone towers where cops would drop cases rather than reveal where tips came from. Same here from the AP story.
I mean, what is justice really? 3/
I mean, what is justice really? 3/
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Parallel construction is when local cops get tips about drugs or whatever and carefully “construct” a pretense to come across a person and search them. The construction is done alongside (parallel) to a tip that comes from the Feds. It’s also like, you know, illegal under the 4th Amendment.
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Parallel construction is when local cops get tips about drugs or whatever and carefully “construct” a pretense to come across a person and search them. The construction is done alongside (parallel) to a tip that comes from the Feds. It’s also like, you know, illegal under the 4th Amendment.
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This AP news story is incredible from front to back but I wanted to flag something super serious and wildly illegal that may have flown under the radar. It’s called parallel construction and it’s when intel is washed from spy agencies and used by local cops. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This AP news story is incredible from front to back but I wanted to flag something super serious and wildly illegal that may have flown under the radar. It’s called parallel construction and it’s when intel is washed from spy agencies and used by local cops. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Thank you @bennjordan.bsky.social for the shout out in your latest video!
No word of a lie, we often refer to Benn's videos as a reference for how to make short & long-form content that educates the public. Appreciate it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0g...
No word of a lie, we often refer to Benn's videos as a reference for how to make short & long-form content that educates the public. Appreciate it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0g...
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thank you @bennjordan.bsky.social for the shout out in your latest video!
No word of a lie, we often refer to Benn's videos as a reference for how to make short & long-form content that educates the public. Appreciate it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0g...
No word of a lie, we often refer to Benn's videos as a reference for how to make short & long-form content that educates the public. Appreciate it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB0g...
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The City of Ferndale, Michigan has ended its relationship with Flock safety.
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The City of Ferndale, Michigan has ended its relationship with Flock safety.
the only "control" that will work is taking these tools away from police.
"jurisdictions proactively banning data sharing related to immigration status or abortion seeking will be excluded from national searches, as long as the local yahoo with tactical undershorts is dumb enough to put “ICE” or “abortion” in the required reason field." @anamariecox.bsky.social re: Flock
The Tech Company Bringing Surveillance Dystopia to Your Town
Flock claims that its technology will literally eliminate crime. But what it’s unleashing may be just as insidious.
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
the only "control" that will work is taking these tools away from police.
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ICE/CBP is rampaging through the burbs again this morning. Sightings and kidnappings reported across Bolingbrook, Summit, Addison, Bensenville, Melrose Park, Brookfield.
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ICE/CBP is rampaging through the burbs again this morning. Sightings and kidnappings reported across Bolingbrook, Summit, Addison, Bensenville, Melrose Park, Brookfield.
10 Years (!!!) of @lucyparsonslabs.com. Our newest newsletter does a very brief moment of reflection, we hope you'll read it.
www.canva.com/design/DAG28...
www.canva.com/design/DAG28...
November 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
10 Years (!!!) of @lucyparsonslabs.com. Our newest newsletter does a very brief moment of reflection, we hope you'll read it.
www.canva.com/design/DAG28...
www.canva.com/design/DAG28...
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ICE is using Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition tool that Illinois law enforcement is barred from using.
There’s apparently few guardrails.
A DHS face recognition policy was wiped from the internet in February. Other pages were archived or disappeared
tinyurl.com/yc64wcvh
There’s apparently few guardrails.
A DHS face recognition policy was wiped from the internet in February. Other pages were archived or disappeared
tinyurl.com/yc64wcvh
ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight
The administration has contracts with Clearview AI, a firm banned from doing business with Illinois police agencies. “This is what dystopian nightmares are made of, this kind of continual expansion of...
tinyurl.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
ICE is using Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition tool that Illinois law enforcement is barred from using.
There’s apparently few guardrails.
A DHS face recognition policy was wiped from the internet in February. Other pages were archived or disappeared
tinyurl.com/yc64wcvh
There’s apparently few guardrails.
A DHS face recognition policy was wiped from the internet in February. Other pages were archived or disappeared
tinyurl.com/yc64wcvh
This administration clearly is land to weaponize the grand jury process even more than has been done in recent years.
We have some resources that can understand what a grand jury is and help you be prepared
We have some resources that can understand what a grand jury is and help you be prepared
The alleged "victim" in the Kat Abughezaleh indictment was wearing civilian dress. The car is described as govt vehicle, but no description of it being marked.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This administration clearly is land to weaponize the grand jury process even more than has been done in recent years.
We have some resources that can understand what a grand jury is and help you be prepared
We have some resources that can understand what a grand jury is and help you be prepared
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Based on this indictment and several others, we see that the government has empaneled a grand jury to look into activities that inconvenience ICE in any way in an attempt to criminalize Chicagoans.
I'll link to resources from @lucyparsonslabs.com below->
I'll link to resources from @lucyparsonslabs.com below->
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Based on this indictment and several others, we see that the government has empaneled a grand jury to look into activities that inconvenience ICE in any way in an attempt to criminalize Chicagoans.
I'll link to resources from @lucyparsonslabs.com below->
I'll link to resources from @lucyparsonslabs.com below->
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Since I started working on this article the number of people kidnapped by ICE has *tripled* truthout.org/articles/ice...
ICE Kidnapped My Neighbor in Broad Daylight. The Aftermath Left Me Reeling.
Watching disappearances in our community leaves psychological trauma, but we can counter it with our solidarity.
truthout.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Since I started working on this article the number of people kidnapped by ICE has *tripled* truthout.org/articles/ice...
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"Nearly everyone involved in this effort is a woman: the work of finding missing family members, like many other forms of labor for incarcerated people, is largely carried by women."
October 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"Nearly everyone involved in this effort is a woman: the work of finding missing family members, like many other forms of labor for incarcerated people, is largely carried by women."
Freddy wrote this wonderful essay for @truthout.org about ICE's weaponized disorientation and the collective will towards liberation. It also touches on political theory and how we create a praxis. Please read.
The forced kidnappings of our neighbors in Chicago can inflict some deep psychological pain. We must resist this urge and find waits to keep fighting. My latest on faith, solidarity, and reflections on seeing one take place in @truthout.org.
Watching disappearances in our community leaves psychological trauma, but we can counter these urges with our solidarity.
buff.ly/4troSdI
buff.ly/4troSdI
October 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Freddy wrote this wonderful essay for @truthout.org about ICE's weaponized disorientation and the collective will towards liberation. It also touches on political theory and how we create a praxis. Please read.
Police used Flock cameras to search for a woman who self-administered an abortion, said it was for her 'safety'. But they lied and documents show they considered charging her with a crime as part of a 'death investigation' for the fetus.
NEW: from @404media.co www.404media.co/police-said-...
NEW: from @404media.co www.404media.co/police-said-...
Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime
Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.
www.404media.co
October 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Police used Flock cameras to search for a woman who self-administered an abortion, said it was for her 'safety'. But they lied and documents show they considered charging her with a crime as part of a 'death investigation' for the fetus.
NEW: from @404media.co www.404media.co/police-said-...
NEW: from @404media.co www.404media.co/police-said-...
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Eman is a wonderful person and we are very angry she has been arrested. Free Eman. Free them all.
These fascists have taken my friend, Palestinian scholar and feminist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social into custody.
October 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Eman is a wonderful person and we are very angry she has been arrested. Free Eman. Free them all.
The last few weeks, we've been working to connected with the family of the person taken by ICE and are building a campaign to get his out.
But he was the only person working for his wife and kids and we need to raise money for a lawyer and his family's living expenses.
bsky.app/profile/bmes...
But he was the only person working for his wife and kids and we need to raise money for a lawyer and his family's living expenses.
bsky.app/profile/bmes...
CONFIRMED: ICE activity in Maplewood and North in Chicago’s Wicker Park / Humboldt neighborhood. Just saw a neighbor kidnapped.
September 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The last few weeks, we've been working to connected with the family of the person taken by ICE and are building a campaign to get his out.
But he was the only person working for his wife and kids and we need to raise money for a lawyer and his family's living expenses.
bsky.app/profile/bmes...
But he was the only person working for his wife and kids and we need to raise money for a lawyer and his family's living expenses.
bsky.app/profile/bmes...
Be aware where you’re going, let folks know where you’re headed! thank you to @thetriibe.com for their important reporting!!
LIVE: Feds spotted in Belmont Cragin, Logan Square, and a Lowe’s in Chicago’s south suburb • The TRiiBE
Here’s a roundup of federal agent sightings today, Sept. 17.
thetriibe.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Be aware where you’re going, let folks know where you’re headed! thank you to @thetriibe.com for their important reporting!!
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CONFIRMED: ICE activity in Maplewood and North in Chicago’s Wicker Park / Humboldt neighborhood. Just saw a neighbor kidnapped.
September 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
CONFIRMED: ICE activity in Maplewood and North in Chicago’s Wicker Park / Humboldt neighborhood. Just saw a neighbor kidnapped.
🤠 NEW ORGANIZING TOOL 🧗 LPL has developed Postal Pulse, a new webapp that makes it easy to find and contact your elected officials about Chicago ordinances. Right now, you can use it to oppose the City's mandatory camera expansion network.
aldercontact.lucyparsonslabs.com
aldercontact.lucyparsonslabs.com
Postal Pulse
A tool to annoy alders when they are pushing bad legislation in Chicago
aldercontact.lucyparsonslabs.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
🤠 NEW ORGANIZING TOOL 🧗 LPL has developed Postal Pulse, a new webapp that makes it easy to find and contact your elected officials about Chicago ordinances. Right now, you can use it to oppose the City's mandatory camera expansion network.
aldercontact.lucyparsonslabs.com
aldercontact.lucyparsonslabs.com
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Stay tuned for a new website and project by @lucyparsonslabs.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Stay tuned for a new website and project by @lucyparsonslabs.com